《Duda (1951)》Storyline
One of the film""s posters briefly and dramatically described each character:LUCY...Her husband""s money couldn""t buy her, nor another man""s love make her unfaithful!MITCH...Who gave his best friend the woman he wanted for his own!MARYLEE...Who couldn""t have Mitch, so she sought love when and where she could get it!KYLE...Who hid his secret behind a bottle and a hundred million dollars!The film""s tagline pronounced:The story of a family""s ugly secret and the stark moment that thrust their private lives into public view!The film included such sordid subjects as nymphomania, alcoholism, murderous jealousy and rage, phallic power and infertility, miscarriage, back-stabbing emotional blackmail, and illusory materialistic happiness.With the abducted Sorceress, they proceeded to the Valley of the Dead, although Arpid was fearful, comically: "Nobody goes to the Valley of the Dead.During training, he proves to the recruits how they must obey his commands: "You""re not much to begin with, but I""ll do my best," he threatens.The ribald film is a clever combination of many elements: a spoof of 1920-30""s gangster films with period costumes and speakeasies, and romance in a quasi-screwball comedy with one central joke - entangled and deceptive identities, reversed sex roles and cross-dressing.