Valerie (film)

Valerie is a 1957 American Western film directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Sterling Hayden, Anita Ekberg and Anthony Steel.[1][2] The film was apparently inspired by Akira Kurosawa's 1950 classic Rashomon.[1]

Not to be confused with Valérie (film).

Valerie
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGerd Oswald
Screenplay by
  • Leonard Heideman
  • Emmett Murphy
Produced byHal R. Makelim
Starring
CinematographyErnest Laszlo
Edited byDavid Bretherton
Music byAlbert Glasser
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Hal R. Makelim Productions
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • August 1, 1957 (1957-08-01)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Rancher John Garth is arrested for critically wounding his wife Valerie and killing her parents. During Garth's trial, contradictory flashback sequences are depicted.[1]

Cast

Production

Filming for Valerie started in December 1956.[3] It was the only film that Anthony Steel and Anita Ekberg made together during their marriage.[4]

Reception

Variety called the film "a challenging experiment."[5]

In a contemporary review in Baltimore's The Evening Sun, reviewer Hope Pantell wrote: "This opus opens with an assortment of bodies, then proceeds to show, sometimes in painfully long-winded fashion, how they got to be so stiff."[6]

Writing in The Philadelphia Inquirer, reviewer Samuel L. Singer assessed the lead actors' performances: "Lovely Anita Ekberg, Swedish beauty, displays her charms and engages in a limited amount of histrionics. Sterling Hayden is grimly nonsmiling as her husband, and Anthony Steel, her real-life husband, is convincing as the minister."[7]

Home media

Valerie was released on DVD by MGM Home Video on September 26, 2011 via MGM's MOD (manufacture-on-demand) program through Amazon.com.

See also

References
  1. "Valerie (1957) - Gerd Oswald | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie".
  2. VALERIE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 24, Iss. 276, (Jan 1, 1957): 91.
  3. Paris Night-Club Singer Signed; Wengraff Acts Anita Ekberg's Father Scheuer, Philip K. Los Angeles Times 4 Dec 1956: A11.
  4. Vagg, Stephen (September 23, 2020). "The Emasculation of Anthony Steel: A Cold Streak Saga". Filmink.
  5. Review of film at Variety
  6. Pantell, Hope (October 25, 1957). "On the Screen". The Evening Sun. p. 22.
  7. Singer, Samuel L. (October 3, 1957). "'Valerie' Stars Anita Ekberg". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 8.


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