Heller in Pink Tights Classic Movie on TCM

Turner Classic Movies presents the 1960 movie classic Heller in Pink Tights at 12 noon.

Heller in Pink Tights Movie Synopsis:

In Nebraska in 1880, after stealing their costumes from theater owner Mr. Hodges, Tom Healy and his Great Concert and Dramatic Company race their wagons to the Wyoming border, where Hodges’ writ against them is invalid. Upon arriving at their next job in Cheyenne, the townspeople gape at the troupe consisting of Tom’s girl friend and star, Angela Rossini; ingénue Della Southby; her mother, Lorna Hathaway; and Shakespearean ham Manfred Montague. Despite their worldliness, the actors are unnerved to witness the bodies of the two recent victims of hired gun Clint Mabry. Also dismayed is the dead men’s partner, rancher Santis, who knows that Mabry has been hired by corrupt businessman DeLeon to kill the owners of the land that DeLeon wants to claim. As saloon and theater owner Sam Pierce leads the troupe into his building, Angie avoids Mabry’s lewd stare, then eavesdrops as the killer taunts Santis for begging to be spared. Knowing that Angie’s flirtatious, impulsive nature causes trouble wherever they go, Tom urges her to be good, and later leads the actors in rehearsing an opera.

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