Seven Sinners (1940 film)
Seven Sinners (UK title Cafe of the Seven Sinners) is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Tay Garnett starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne in the first of three films they made together. The film was produced by Universal Pictures in black and white. Plot Torch singer Bijou Blanche has been kicked off one South Seas island after another. She is accompanied by naval deserter Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan and magician/pickpocket Sasha Mencken. Eventually, she meets a handsome young naval officer, Lt. Dan Brent, and the two fall in love. When Brent vows to marry Bijou, his commander and others plead with him to leave her. Cast Marlene Dietrich as Bijou Blanche John Wayne as Lt. Dan Brent Albert Dekker as Dr. Martin Broderick Crawford as Edward Patrick 'Little Ned' Finnegan Anna Lee as Dorothy Henderson Mischa Auer as Sasha Mencken Billy Gilbert as Tony Richard Carle as District Officer Samuel S. Hinds as Gov. Harvey Henderson Oskar Homolka as Antro Reginald Denny as Capt. Church Vince Barnett as Bartender Herbert Rawlinson as First Mate James Craig as Ensign William Bakewell as Ens. Judson Production Dietrich had just revived her career with Destry Rides Again (1939) and