Anna Lucasta (1958)

Anna Lucasta is a 1958 American musical film produced and directed by Arnold Laven, starring Eartha Kitt, Sammy Davis Jr., and Henry Scott. It is a remake of the 1949 film noir version, which itself was an adaptation of the 1936 stage play.
==Plot==
Anna Lucasta (Eartha Kitt) has been walking the streets in San Diego since being thrown out of home, at 19, by her alcoholic father, Joe (Rex Ingram). She's estranged from her family, but when her father and brother-in-law (Frederick O'Neal) see greedy potential in an arranged marriage to affluent Rudolph (Henry Scott), Anna is called back home. Old wounds have hardly healed, though. Just as Anna starts to feel for Rudolph, Danny (Sammy Davis Jr.), an old friend, returns to make life difficult.
==Cast==
*Eartha Kitt as Anna Lucasta
*Sammy Davis Jr. as Danny Johnson
*Frederick O'Neal as Frank
*Henry Scott as Rudolph Slocum
*Rex Ingram as Joe Lucasta
*Alvin Childress as Noah
*James Edwards as Eddie
*Rosetta LeNoire as Stella
*Isabelle Cooley as Katie Lucasta
*Georgia Burke as Theresa Lucasta
*Claire Leyba as Blanch
*John Proctor as Stanley Lucasta
*Charles Swain as Lester
*Isaac Jones as Police officer
*Wallace Earl Laven as Secretary
Category:1958 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:1950s films
Category:Films
Category:American drama films
Category:Drama films
Category:United Artists films
Category:Films directed by Arnold Laven