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  • Laughing Anne (1953)
  • Approved
    90 min | Adventure
Laughing Anne (1953)
Approved
90 min | Adventure

Based on Conrad's short story of a red-headed beauty of the eighteen-eighties who was a singer in an elegant Parisian night-club, whose laugh gave her the title of "Laughing Anne". Her lover, Jen Farrell wins a fight that should have led ...See moreBased on Conrad's short story of a red-headed beauty of the eighteen-eighties who was a singer in an elegant Parisian night-club, whose laugh gave her the title of "Laughing Anne". Her lover, Jen Farrell wins a fight that should have led to a meeting with heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan but crooks, who had sought to fix the fight, fixed him instead and Farrell is so hurt that Laughing Anne realizes he will never fight again. They drift to the Eastern seas where Anne becomes a singer in sordid Javanese bars. There she meets Captain Davidson, the master of a trading schooner, stows away on his ship and begs him to take her to Singapore. In the slow lazy cruise, Davidson falls under the spell of Laughing Anne and begs her to marry him, but she has learned from him an old forgotten sense of loyalty, jumps ship at Singapore and makes her way back to the blowzy, forlorn life with Farrell. Years later, Davidson meets her again when an unusual cargo takes him to a strange lonely, hot-and-steamy jungle settlement; the Woman with the Laugh has sunk in squalor and, although she is still with Farrell, she has a little boy named Davy with her. Davidson's heart and mind leap back to the rapture of that Archipelago cruise and he tells Annie he will take her and Davy away with him. But Farrell has heard of Davidson's rich cargo and plans to seize it. Written by Les Adams See less
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Director
Writers
Pamela Bower (screenplay) | Joseph Conrad (novel "Between the Tides")
Producer
Composer
Cinematographer
Mutz Greenbaum (as Max Greene)
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Updated Sep 8, 1953

Release date
Jul 1, 1954 (United States)

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Cast

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24 cast members
Name Known for
Wendell Corey
Capt. Davidson Capt. Davidson   See fewer
Margaret Lockwood
Laughing Anne Laughing Anne   See fewer
Forrest Tucker
Jem Farrell Jem Farrell   See fewer
Ronald Shiner
Nobby Clark Nobby Clark   See fewer
Robert Harris
Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad   See fewer
Jacques B. Brunius
Frenchie Frenchie   See fewer
Daphne Anderson
Blonde Singer Blonde Singer   See fewer
Helen Shingler
Susan Davidson Susan Davidson   See fewer
Danny Green
Nicholas Nicholas   See fewer
Harold Lang
Jacques Jacques   See fewer
Edgar Norfolk
Conrad's Companion Conrad's Companion   See fewer
Sean Lynch
David David   See fewer
Andy Ho
Chinese Merchant Chinese Merchant   See fewer
Maurice Bush
Battling Brunius Battling Brunius   See fewer
Dave Crowley
Boxer #1 (as David Crowley) Boxer #1 (as David Crowley)   See fewer
Jack Cooper
Boxer #2 Boxer #2   See fewer
Michael Oldham
Escort #3 Escort #3   See fewer
Joe Powell
Pierre Pierre   See fewer
Bernard Rebel
Pianist Pianist   See fewer
Christopher Rhodes
Escort #1 Escort #1   See fewer
John Serret
Escort #2 Escort #2   See fewer
Julian Sherrier
Bartender Bartender   See fewer
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