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7.3/10   119 votes
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Director:
William Nigh
Writers:
Harvey Gates (screenplay)
Sidney Sutherland (screenplay)
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Release Date:
8 November 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Film-Noir more
Tagline:
They're Pretty To Look At . . . But POISON To Love!
Plot:
Story of women who marry GIs just so they can receive the soldiers' pay and their life insurance if they are killed in action. | add synopsis
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More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!
 (From JustPressPlay. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)

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GREAT NOIR -- GRITTIER THAN MILDRED PIERCE more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Kay Francis ... Sheila Seymour
Paul Kelly ... Major Pete Martin

Otto Kruger ... Whitey Colton
Gertrude Michael ... Gladys Smith
Teala Loring ... Connie Seymour
Bernard Nedell ... Spike Malone

Anthony Warde ... Joe Agnew
Matty Fain ... Louie Moranto
Jonathan Hale ... Brig. General H. N. Gilbert
Selmer Jackson ... Deacon Sam
Terry Frost ... George Shields
Reid Kilpatrick ... Philip Van Brook
Doris Lloyd ... Alice Van Brook
Marcelle Corday ... Madame Gaston
Evelyn Eaton ... Ann Farley
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Allotment Wives, Inc.
Woman in the Case (UK)
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Runtime:
80 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording) | Mono
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #11088)

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Sheila Seymour: [last words as she dies after having been shot] Nice shooting. more

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18 out of 18 people found the following comment useful:-
GREAT NOIR -- GRITTIER THAN MILDRED PIERCE, 7 March 2003
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Author: sobaok (sobaok@msn.com) from Forestville, Ca

Many film buffs consider this the best of Kay Francis' "Monogram Trilogy". It's a good companion piece for MILDRED PIERCE (also 1945) -- only ALLOTMENT WIVES has a harder edge -- Kay Francis is tougher, in a more complex role. She looks slim and stylish here as she leads a crime syndicate while fronting with a chic salon. The film is full of surprises and suspense. Excellent support comes from Teala Loring as Kay's troubled daughter who is kept from harms way at a private girls school. Their scenes together have a genuine feeling that allows sympathy for their situation and struggle. Kay's final scene on the staircase is a classic and her exit line is a memorable one. Gertrude Michael does a fine job as Kay's long lost friend out to do her no good. Her character throws more sympathy Kay's way even though Kay herself has a cold-blooded side in a losing "man's" game.

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