- Country: UK
- Genres: Drama, Sport
- Release: 1953-04-10
- Director: Reginald Le Borg
- Writers: Max Catto , Guy Elmes , Richard H. Landau
- Language: English | Italian
- Stars: Barbara Payton , Frederick Valk , John Slater , Sidney James , Tony Wright , Marie Burke , Selma Vaz Dias , Enzo Coticchia , Chris Adcock , Jack Armstrong
- Runtime: 81 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Bad Blonde (United States of America) , The Flanagan Boy (United Kingdom) , Terror en el ring (Mexico) , Hetsad till brott (Sweden) , The Woman Is Trouble , The Flanagan Boy , Vaarallinen viettelijätär (Finland) , Bad Blonde (Canada) , O mystiriodis kos Flanagam (Greece) , Teufel in Blond , Pantera bionda (Italy) , La mujer víbora (Argentina) , Sedução loira (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
- Plot: The film opens at a carnival with two barkers calling for onlookers to enter the tent where an audience member will fight one of the professional boxers. In a setup, a trained amateur boxer takes the ring and knocks out one of the pros. The boxer, Johnny Flanigan played by Tony Wright, impresses the carnival promoters such that they take young Flanigan under their wings in an attempt to launch a comeback into prizefighting. Enter Giuseppe Vecchi a wealthy Italian with the connections to back the fighter. Flanigan's future looks promising until he meets Giuseppe's wife Lorna Vecchi. Lorna, played by Barbara Payton, married her rich and doting husband when he owned a club where she was a dancer. She's a true trophy wife all too eager to show her displeasure at her jovial husband's eccentricities. The first time Flanigan lays eyes on Lorna it's clear he is ripe for seduction. And seduction is clearly on Lorna's mind, evident as she licks her lips while her eyes scan Flanigan's shirtless, sweaty body after a bout. He may beat opponents in the ring, but Flanigan doesn't stand a chance against Lorna. Lorna gets what she wants and soon she's embroiled in an affair with Flanigan. Determined to make herself a wealthy widow, she begins enticing her lover in a plot to kill Giuseppe. Two murders follow, both orchestrated by Lorna. She gets her comeuppance, but only after ruining everyone's friendships, family and future. She's one bad blonde.
- IMDB:tt0045533
Bad Blonde Cast · · · ALL
Reginald Le Borg
Director
Barbara Payton
Lorna Vecchi
Frederick Valk
Giuseppe Vecchi
John Slater
Charlie Sullivan
Sidney James
Sharkey (as Sidney James)
Tony Wright
Johnny Flanagan
Marie Burke
Mother Vecchi
Selma Vaz Dias
Mrs. Corelli, Vecchi's sister
Enzo Coticchia
Mr. Corelli
Jack Armstrong
Spectator
Jim O’Brady
Spectator
Tom Clegg
Tattooed Fighter
Fred Davis
Spectator
Laurence Naismith
Boxing Booth Barker
Charles Rayford
Spectator
Bob Simmons
Booth Man
Ian Wilson
Spectator with Thick Glasses
George Woodbridge
Police Inspector