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6.9/10   23 votes
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Writers:
Fred Myton (screenplay)
Fred Myton (story)
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Release Date:
27 September 1945 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
She Could Make A Man Do Anything... Even Murder!
Plot:
Reporter Kenny Blake (Hugh Beaumont) falls in love with scheming Toni Kirkland (Ann Savage) not knowing... more | add synopsis
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It lacked in a lot of things but not talent... more (5 total)

Cast

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Ann Savage ... Toni Kirkland
Hugh Beaumont ... Kenny Blake
Russell Hicks ... Harvey Kirkland
Charles D. Brown ... Ward McGee
Pierre Watkin ... Craig Jordan
Sarah Padden ... Maggie, the Janitress
Norman Willis ... Allen Webb
Eva Novak ... Maid
Budd Buster ... Jed, the Caretaker
George Sherwood ... Lt. Edwards
Wheaton Chambers ... Minister
Arch Hall Sr. ... Paul (as Archie Hall)
Elizabeth Valentine ... Mrs. Harper, Rancher's Wife
Henry Hall ... Warden
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Murder with Apology (USA) (TV title)
Single Indemnity (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
67 min | USA:24 min (TV)
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Re-titled, and edited down to less than thirty minutes, it was sold to television in the early 1950's as part of a syndicated half hour mystery show. more

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3 out of 3 people found the following review useful.
It lacked in a lot of things but not talent..., 15 April 2003
Author: John Rhoten from Los Angeles

I too have seen this rather bad production and had a discussion with Anne Savage after. The film was shut down due to the larger, Paramount Pictures, who had just released Double Indemnity a year earlier. The story by James M Cain was actually based on a true story from the thirties. Appology was based on the actual story and not the Cain novel. Paramount wanted to sue the PRC studio because it felt that they stolen the story. This would have crippled the already small production house. And yes, while Double Indemnity is a much better movie, Apology is true to the real life story.

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