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| Gene Tierney | ... | Ellen Berent Harland | |
| Cornel Wilde | ... | Richard Harland | |
| Jeanne Crain | ... | Ruth Berent | |
| Vincent Price | ... | Russell Quinton | |
| Mary Philips | ... | Mrs. Berent | |
| Ray Collins | ... | Glen Robie | |
| Gene Lockhart | ... | Dr. Saunders | |
| Reed Hadley | ... | Dr. Mason | |
| Darryl Hickman | ... | Danny Harland | |
| Chill Wills | ... | Leick Thome | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Guy Beach | ... | Sheriff (unconfirmed) (uncredited) | |
| Audrey Betz | ... | Cook at Robie's Ranch (uncredited) | |
| Olive Blakeney | ... | Mrs. Louise Robie (uncredited) | |
| Ruth Clifford | ... | Telephone Operator (uncredited) | |
| Harry Depp | ... | Catterson - the Chemist (uncredited) | |
| Paul Everton | ... | The Judge (uncredited) | |
| Jim Farley | ... | Train Conductor (uncredited) | |
| Betty Hannon | ... | Tess Robie (uncredited) | |
| Kenner G. Kemp | ... | Lounge Car Train Passenger (uncredited) | |
| Hugh Maguire | ... | Lin Robie (uncredited) | |
| Mae Marsh | ... | Fisherwoman (uncredited) | |
| Thomas Martin | ... | Court Clerk (uncredited) | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Carlson (uncredited) | |
| Milton Parsons | ... | Medcraft - Mortician (uncredited) | |
| Addison Richards | ... | Bedford (uncredited) | |
| Kay Riley | ... | Danny's Nurse (uncredited) | |
| Earl Schenck | ... | Norton (uncredited) | |
| Charles Tannen | ... | Man (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| John M. Stahl | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Jo Swerling | (screenplay) | |
| Ben Ames Williams | (novel) | |
Produced by | |||
| William A. Bacher | .... | producer | |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | .... | executive producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alfred Newman | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Leon Shamroy | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| James B. Clark | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Maurice Ransford | |||
| Lyle R. Wheeler | (as Lyle Wheeler) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Thomas Little | |||
| Ernest Lansing | (uncredited) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Kay Nelson | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Ben Nye | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| Sid Bowen | .... | unit manager (uncredited) | |
| Raymond A. Klune | .... | production manager (uncredited) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Joseph C. Behm | .... | assistant director (uncredited) | |
| Otto Brower | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Roger Heman Sr. | .... | sound (as Roger Heman) | |
| E. Clayton Ward | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Fred Sersen | .... | special photographic effects | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Sol Halperin | .... | transparency projection shots (uncredited) | |
| Edwin Hammeras | .... | transparency projection shots (uncredited) | |
| Edward Snyder | .... | transparency projection shots (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| E. Truman Joiner | .... | key grip (uncredited) | |
| F. Bud Mautino | .... | second camera (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Sam Benson | .... | wardrobe supervisor (uncredited) | |
| Eugene Joseff | .... | costume jeweller (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Lyman Hallowell | .... | apprentice editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Edward B. Powell | .... | orchestrator | |
| Murray Spivack | .... | music mixer (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Natalie Kalmus | .... | technicolor director | |
| Richard Mueller | .... | associate technicolor director | |
| Darryl F. Zanuck | .... | presenter | |
| Ruth Fox | .... | research assistant (uncredited) | |
| Frances C. Richardson | .... | research director (uncredited) | |
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A Technicolor noir is intrinsically a paradoxical term but this stunningly handsome melodrama which deservedly copped cinematographer Leon Shamroy a consecutive Academy Award is probably the most successful example of this anomaly within the prolific genre. Gorgeous Fox starlet Gene Tierney (who also received her sole Oscar-nomination for her efforts here) gives an excellent central performance as the pathologically jealous heroine who ensnares a chance acquaintance on a train (novelist Cornel Wilde) into marriage while summarily dismissing her current fiancée (prospective D.A. Vincent Price) via telegram. Wilde's younger brother (Darryl Hickman) is a cripple and when she finds herself having to take care of him while her hubby writes away in his cabin, she soon takes matters into her own psychotic little hands and lets the boy drown after suffering a cramp brought on by her egging to exercise himself further. The relationship between Tierney and Wilde is never the same again and he finds solace in her kind-hearted, red-headed half-sister (Jeanne Crain) who had earlier suggested that Tierney conceive a child so as to bring Wilde back to her. However, when she realizes their new-found proximity, Tierney deliberately throws herself down a staircase to lose the child. Furthermore, Tierney had had an unhealthy attachment to her late scientist father which turned the relationship with mother into a cool one; taking a trip down the cellar (where father's old mixtures are stored) on the eve of a picnic, she spikes her own food with poison but not before sending off a letter to Price incriminating Crain of her own murder!! Wilde and Crain make a handsome couple but are not overly taxed by their roles; on the other hand, Price makes the most of the juicy opportunity provided by the film's climactic trial sequence in which he grills Crain into declaring her love for Wilde and also contrives to make the latter an accessory to murder (punishable by a short imprisonment) for having withheld Tierney's confessions to him of her own evil deeds! The supporting cast also features a handful of familiar faces: Ray Collins (as Crain's guardian), Chill Wills (as Wilde's manservant) and Gene Lockhart (as the family doctor); director John M. Stahl was the Douglas Sirk of his day and handles the material with consummate skill while composer Alfred Newman lends it a quite remarkable musical backing that was oddly bypassed at the Oscars (although, truth be told, he was already being nominated for two other films that same year)!