Models Inc. | |
Director: | Reginald Le Borg |
Producer: | Bernard W. Burton Hal E. Chester |
Screenplay: | Paul Yawitz Harry Essex[1] |
Story: | Alyce Canfield |
Starring: | Howard Duff Coleen Gray John Howard |
Music: | Herschel Burke Gilbert[2] |
Cinematography: | Stanley Cortez[3] |
Editing: | Bernard W. Burton |
Studio: | Mutual Productions Jack Dietz Productions |
Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
Runtime: | 73 minutes |
Country: | United States |
Language: | English |
Models Inc. (released in UK as That Kind of Girl) is a 1952 American film noir crime film directed by Reginald Le Borg and starring Howard Duff, Coleen Gray and John Howard. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ernst Fegté.The story concerns a corrupt modeling agency which serves as a front for a call-girl service.[4]
A young woman gets involved in a racket in which beautiful young models marry for money.[5]
Models, Inc. was filmed at Mutual Pictures and produced by Hal E. Chester. Director Reginald LeBorg reported that shooting schedules at Mutual were generally “ten to twelve days” and budgets limited to about “$175,000.”[7]
New York Times film critic “A. W.” dismisses Models, Inc. as “a highly ineffectual little item.” When pimp Lennie Stone (Howard Duff) acknowledges to prostitute Rusty Faraday (Coleen Gray) that “We’re no good,” the reviewer welcomes the remark as a fair assessment of the movie.[8]