Shed No Tears
Something always happened to her men...
1948 | 70m | English
Popularity: 0.9 (history)
| Director: | Jean Yarbrough |
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| Writer: | Don Martin, Brown Holmes, Virginia M. Cooke |
| Staring: |
| A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy. | |
| Release Date: | Jun 09, 1948 |
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| Director: | Jean Yarbrough |
| Writer: | Don Martin, Brown Holmes, Virginia M. Cooke |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Crime |
| Keywords | insurance fraud, film noir, fake death |
| Production Companies | Equity Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Wallace Ford | Sam Grover |
| June Vincent | Edna Grover |
| Mark Roberts | Ray Belden |
| Johnstone White | Huntington Stewart |
| Dick Hogan | Tom Grover |
| Frank Albertson | Hutton |
| Elena Verdugo | Marilyn |
| Betty Blythe | Mrs. Peet (Uncredited) |
| Mary Treen | Hilda (Uncredited) |
| Oliver Blake | Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited) |
| Frank Marlowe | Taxi Driver (Uncredited) |
| Ida Moore | Bus Passenger (Uncredited) |
| Eddie Dunn | Loan Company Representative (Uncredited) |
| Eddie Kane | Mr. Nicholas (Uncredited) |
| John Mitchum | Policeman (Uncredited) |
| Jason Robards Sr. | Homicide Inspector (Uncredited) |
| Emmett Vogan | First Interrogating Detective (Uncredited) |
| Rory Mallinson | Second Interrogating Detective (Uncredited) |
| Matt McHugh | First Investigating Detective (Uncredited) |
| Max Wagner | Second Investigating Detective (Uncredited) |
| Paul Maxey | First Insurance Investigator (Uncredited) |
| Barton Yarborough | Second Insurance Investigator (Uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Jean Yarbrough | Director |
| Eddie Stein | Assistant Director |
| Ben Winkler | Sound Engineer |
| Ray Mercer | Special Effects |
| Walter Dalton | Grip |
| John Hixon | Camera Operator |
| David Chudnow | Music Supervisor |
| Raoul Kraushaar | Music Director, Original Music Composer |
| Mary Chaffee | Script Supervisor |
| Don Martin | Novel |
| Brown Holmes | Screenplay |
| Virginia M. Cooke | Screenplay |
| Frank Redman | Director of Photography |
| Norman A. Cerf | Editor |
| Fred Levie | Still Photographer |
| Walter Koessler | Art Direction |
| Fay Babcock | Set Decoration |
| Lon Anthony | Costume Design |
| Don Donaldson | Makeup Artist |
| Donald Verk | Production Manager |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Robert Frost | Producer |
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Single Indemnity… Directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Wallace Ford and June Vincent, Shed No Tears was once one of those lost film noirs that noiristas craved to see. Now widely available to view, it proves to be a decent journey into noirville, even if it becomes a touch shaky come the final ... third. Plot has Vincent as a devious femme fatale wife who convinces her husband (Ford) to fake his own death. The plan is to get rich on the insurance claim, but soon it becomes apparent that hubby is caught in a web of murder, blackmail and treachery. The plot dynamics are laid out for us very early in the peace, leaving the rest of the narrative to tease us with the shifty shenanigans of the protagonists. Classic noir staples are adhered to with the characterisations, viper woman, dupes, dopes, crooks and cronies. Yarbrough moves it along at a good old "B noir" clip, while the screenplay has enough twists and surprises in it to keep the noir faithful pleased. 7/10