Never on Sunday

…good-hearted prostitute in the film Never on Sunday (1960). This film gained her an international reputation that would serve her well in politics. Her involvement in politics was triggered by her indignation over the military coup that brought a handful of army colonels to power in Greece in 1967.

With the surprise success of Never on Sunday (1960), Dassin was finally reintroduced to American audiences. It was a Greek production that featured Dassin in a bit part (as had Rififi), but it was Mercouri who stole the film as an incorrigible prostitute, earning an Academy Award nomination for best…