When a character in any story is described as a ward that can mean just about anything. Dick Grayson was Bruce Wayne's ward in the Batman comics and there's much speculation there. Certainly Dennis O'Keefe has a more than healthy interest in Lady Of Venegeance.
The title itself is one big red herring because it's O'Keefe who's on a quest for vengeance over the suicide of his ward Eileen Elton. In fact that's how the film begins, Ms. Elton throwing herself in front of the London Express from some suburban station.
O'Keefe despite the pleadings of his girl Friday Ann Sears is off to find out who was responsible for her suicide. He first settles on jazz trombonist Vernon Greeves, but later finds out it was Anton Diffring, a continental crook and man about town. O'Keefe hatches an elaborate plan for vengeance.
Lady Of Vengeance was yet another of those British films who imported an American star of note so it would be released this side of the pond. There is absolutely no attempt at explanation as to why Dennis O'Keefe doesn't sound a bit British. He's the owner of a large newspaper chain.
It would mean nothing to audiences today, but the UK's biggest and most notable press tycoon back in the day was one Lord Beaverbrook who was originally Max Aitken from Canada. That someone who sounded like he was across the pond being a big publishing entrepreneur would have gone over with the British quite easily in 1957. Certainly O'Keefe's character is at the beginning of the film every bit as arrogant as Lord Beaverbrook's was reputed to be.
Lady Of Vengeance is hardly worthy O'Keefe's voyage across the sea to do. The film moves slowly and the ending is one terrible cop out. And who would have ever thought to cast Dennis O'Keefe as Lord Beaverbrook with a pretty ward.
The title itself is one big red herring because it's O'Keefe who's on a quest for vengeance over the suicide of his ward Eileen Elton. In fact that's how the film begins, Ms. Elton throwing herself in front of the London Express from some suburban station.
O'Keefe despite the pleadings of his girl Friday Ann Sears is off to find out who was responsible for her suicide. He first settles on jazz trombonist Vernon Greeves, but later finds out it was Anton Diffring, a continental crook and man about town. O'Keefe hatches an elaborate plan for vengeance.
Lady Of Vengeance was yet another of those British films who imported an American star of note so it would be released this side of the pond. There is absolutely no attempt at explanation as to why Dennis O'Keefe doesn't sound a bit British. He's the owner of a large newspaper chain.
It would mean nothing to audiences today, but the UK's biggest and most notable press tycoon back in the day was one Lord Beaverbrook who was originally Max Aitken from Canada. That someone who sounded like he was across the pond being a big publishing entrepreneur would have gone over with the British quite easily in 1957. Certainly O'Keefe's character is at the beginning of the film every bit as arrogant as Lord Beaverbrook's was reputed to be.
Lady Of Vengeance is hardly worthy O'Keefe's voyage across the sea to do. The film moves slowly and the ending is one terrible cop out. And who would have ever thought to cast Dennis O'Keefe as Lord Beaverbrook with a pretty ward.