The Female Animal (1958)
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
- Released
- 1958-01-22
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Runtime
- 83 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Harry Keller, Robert Hill
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 16 votes
Cast
- Hedy Lamarr as Vanessa Windsor
- Jane Powell as Penny Windsor
- Jan Sterling as Lily Frayne
- George Nader as Chris Farley
- Jerry Paris as Hank Lopez
- Gregg Palmer as Piggy
- Mabel Albertson as Irma Jones
- James Gleason as Tom Maloney
- Richard H. Cutting as Dr. John Ramsay
- Ann Doran as Nurse
- Yvonne Peattie as Hairdresser
- Max Showalter as Charlie Grant