The Mysterious Mr. Valentine
THE PAY-OFF WAS MURDER!
1946 | 56m | English
Popularity: 0.4 (history)
| Director: | Philip Ford |
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| Writer: | Milton Raison |
| Staring: |
| Janet Spencer is driving down a country road when one of her tires blows out. This seemingly innocuous, everyday occurrence leads Linda into a labyrinth of murder, blackmail and intrigue. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 03, 1946 |
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| Director: | Philip Ford |
| Writer: | Milton Raison |
| Genres: | Crime |
| Keywords | film noir |
| Production Companies | Republic Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| William Henry | Steve Morgan |
| Linda Stirling | Janet Spencer |
| Virginia Christine | Lola Carson |
| Thomas E. Jackson | Police Lt. Milo Jones |
| Barbara Woodell | Rita Armstrong |
| Kenne Duncan | Sam Priestly |
| Virginia Brissac | Martha, the Housekeeper |
| Lyle Latell | Peter Musso, Henchman |
| Ernie Adams | Frank Gary, Henchman |
| Tris Coffin | John Armstrong |
| Arthur Space | County Coroner |
| Robert Bice | Doctor |
| Roy Barcroft | Blackmailer (voice) (uncredited) |
| Symona Boniface | Landlady (uncredited) |
| Ed Cassidy | Police Sergeant (uncredited) |
| James Linn | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Charles Sullivan | George - the Mechanic (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Philip Ford | Director |
| Milton Raison | Writer |
| Hilyard M. Brown | Art Direction |
| John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Adele Palmer | Costume Design |
| Alfred S. Keller | Director of Photography |
| Richard L. Van Enger | Editor |
| George Milo | Set Decoration |
| Mort Glickman | Original Music Composer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Donald H. Brown | Producer |
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"Janet" (Linda Stirling) gets a puncture and seeks the assistance of "Armstrong" (Tristram Coffin) incurring the chagrin of that man's rather jealous wife "Rita" (Barbara Wooddell). To make matters worse, she now drives off in the wife's car only to collide with another car and then find herself emb ... roiled in a previous, and fatal, hit-and-run with the partner of the husband of the wife of the car she is driving. Still with me? Now she engages the help of PI "Morgan" (William Henry) to try to get to the bottom of an internecine mystery that involves fraud, insurance and mysterious women. It packs quite a lot of plot into an hour, but the acting and the dialogue is banal at best with very basic production values that smack more of television than cinema. It probably looked OK at a drive-in when the audience maybe had better things to do, and it really is pretty instantly forgettable fayre.