Smooth as Silk

Smooth as Silk
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharles Barton
Written byFlorence Ryerson
Colin Clements
Screenplay byDane Lussier
Kerry Shaw
Story byColin Clements
Produced byJack Bernhard
Howard Welsch
StarringKent Taylor, Virginia Grey, Milburn Stone
CinematographyElwood Bredell
Edited byRay Snyder
Music byErnest Gold
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • February 1946 (1946-02)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Smooth as Silk is a 1946 American noir film directed by Charles Barton and starring Kent Taylor, Virginia Grey, and Milburn Stone. The film is also known as Notorious Gentleman as it is a version of 1935 film A Notorious Gentleman. The film focuses on the murder of a theater producer (John Litel) committed by a lawyer (Kent Taylor), after the lawyer's bride, an actress (Virginia Gray), left him for the producer to win a role in his new musical. Despite the fascinating plot and tense intrigue, this film failed to attract much attention.