Wicked as They Come

Wicked as They Come
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen Hughes
Written byKen Hughes
Sigmund Miller
Robert Westerby
Based onnovel Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger
Produced byMaxwell Setton
StarringArlene Dahl
Philip Carey
Herbert Marshall
CinematographyBasil Emmott
Edited byMax Benedict
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
company
Film Locations
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release dates
  • 22 May 1956 (1956-05-22) (UK)
  • February 1956 (1956-02) (US)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wicked as They Come (Portrait in Smoke in the United States) is a 1956 British film noir directed by Ken Hughes and starring Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey and Herbert Marshall. It is based on a novel 1950 novel Portrait in Smoke by Bill S. Ballinger. The novel was also adapted for TV in 1950.