The Lady Confesses
I CONFESS! I PLAYED AT LOVE BUT MURDER WAS MY BUSINESS!
1945 | 64m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Sam Newfield |
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| Writer: | Helen Martin, Irwin Franklyn |
| Staring: |
| An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her. | |
| Release Date: | May 16, 1945 |
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| Director: | Sam Newfield |
| Writer: | Helen Martin, Irwin Franklyn |
| Genres: | Drama, Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | adultery, blackmail, gangster, film noir, murder, b movie |
| Production Companies | Alexander-Stern Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Mary Beth Hughes | Vicki McGuire |
| Hugh Beaumont | Larry Craig |
| Edmund MacDonald | Lucky Brandon |
| Claudia Drake | Lucille Compton |
| Emmett Vogan | Police Capt. Brown |
| Barbara Slater | Norma Craig |
| Edward Howard | Detective Harmon |
| Dewey Robinson | Steve |
| Carol Andrews | Margie |
| Charles King | Beach Cop |
| Frank Mayo | Coroner |
| Harold Miller | Nightclub Dance Extra |
| Jack George | Apartment House Manager |
| Jerome Root | Bill |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Sam Newfield | Director |
| Helen Martin | Screenplay |
| Eugene Joseff | Costumer |
| Irwin Franklyn | Original Story |
| Jack Greenhalgh | Director of Photography |
| Holbrook N. Todd | Editor |
| Mona Barry | Costume Design |
| Harold E. Knox | Assistant Director |
| Harry Reif | Set Supervisor |
| Arthur B. Smith | Sound Engineer |
| Ray Mercer | Special Effects |
| Lee Zahler | Music Director |
| Ray Mercer | Special Effects |
| Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
| Ernest Smith | Camera Operator |
| Edwina Patterson | Stand In |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Alfred Stern | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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This is a rather better than usual offering from PRC (aka Poverty Row Cinemas) that sees Barbara Slater ("Norma") show up at the apartment of her very long-estranged husband's new fiancee - "Vicki" (Mary Beth Hughes) declaring that they would not be getting married anytime soon... What adds to the m ... ystery is just quite why this woman would show up seven years after husband "Larry" (Hugh Beaumont) last clapped eyes on her... They decide to confront her, only to discover that she has already gone the way of the dodo. Luckily for "Larry" - he has a cast iron alibi - drunk as a lord asleep on the couch of cabaret singer ""Lucille" (Claudia Drake) at the 711 club; so "Vicki" decides to investigate - quite a perilous procedure as it turns out. It's only just over the hour, and the story ticks over nicely. A few red herrings and solid performances from Beaumont, Hughes and Edmund MacDonald ("Lucky") - the dodgy looking owner of the club.