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Director: | S. Sylvan Simon |
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Writer: | Roy Huggins |
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A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past. | |
Release Date: | Jan 15, 1948 |
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Director: | S. Sylvan Simon |
Writer: | Roy Huggins |
Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery |
Keywords | robbery, film noir, murder, private detective |
Production Companies | Columbia Pictures, Cornell Pictures |
Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Franchot Tone | Stuart Bailey |
Janet Blair | Norma Shannon |
Janis Carter | Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy |
Adele Jergens | Boots Nestor |
Glenda Farrell | Hazel Bixby |
Steven Geray | Keller |
Tom Powers | Ralph Johnston |
Lynn Merrick | Mrs. Johnston |
John Ireland | Reno |
Donald Curtis | Martin |
Eduardo Ciannelli | John Vega Caprillo |
Robert Barrat | Lt. Quint |
Raymond Burr | Herb |
Eddie Marr | Sharpy |
Arthur Space | Sgt. Muller |
Sid Tomack | Buster Buffin |
Name | Job |
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S. Sylvan Simon | Director |
George Duning | Original Music Composer |
Roy Huggins | Screenplay, Novel |
Al Clark | Editor |
Charles Lawton Jr. | Director of Photography |
Name | Title |
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S. Sylvan Simon | Producer |
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Trending Position
This is quite a complex tale of murder, blackmail and impersonation. Wealthy Tom Powers ("Johnston") hires private investigator Franchot Tone ("Bailey") to investigate his wife. The digging reveals she had rather an unsavoury past as a dancer who hooked up with an actor and had pinched $40k from her ... old employers. She turns up dead under Malibu pier and Tone is soon prime suspect for Robert Barrat's "Lt. Quint". It moves along efficiently, with plenty of twists and turns and the support from the two ladies Janet Blair and Janis Carter as well as from John Ireland and a very brief appearance by Raymond Burr keep this drama running well - except, that is, for Tone. He is dreadful - a good looking man with all the charisma of a cheese plant; and virtually no natural abilities with the camera at all. It is also far too long - could have lost 20 minutes without detracting from the plot in any meaningful way. Worth a watch, though.