His Kind of Woman

His Kind of Woman
theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Farrow Richard Fleischer (uncredited)
Screenplay by	Frank Fenton Jack Leonard Earl Felton (uncredited) Howard Hughes (uncredited)
Story by	Gerald Drayson Adams
Produced by	Robert Sparks
Starring	Robert Mitchum Jane Russell Vincent Price Tim Holt Charles McGraw
Narrated by	Charles McGraw
Cinematography	Harry J. Wild
Edited by	Frederic Knudtson Eda Warren
Music by	Leigh Harline
Production company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release dates	August 21, 1951 (1951-08-21) (Chicago premiere) August 25, 1951 (1951-08-25) (US) [1]
Running time	120 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (US rentals)[2]

His Kind of Woman is a 1951 film noir starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russell. The film features supporting performances by Vincent Price, Raymond Burr and Charles McGraw. The direction of the film, which was based on the unpublished story "Star Sapphire" by Gerald Drayson, is credited to John Farrow.^[3]

After Farrow had turned in what he thought was the finished film, RKO studio boss Howard Hughes intervened and caused extensive re-writes, re-casting, and re-shooting under the supervision of Richard Fleischer, whom Hughes coerced into cooperation by threatening not to release The Narrow Margin, a film that Fleischer had just finished for RKO. This post-production process took a great deal of time and money, costing about the same amount – $850,000 – as the film lost at the box office in its initial release.