Suspense (1946)

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to ... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Tuttle

Writers:

Philip Yordan (screenplay), Philip Yordan (story)

Stars:

Belita, Barry Sullivan, Bonita Granville

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Belita	...	Roberta Leonard, aka Roberta Elva
Barry Sullivan	...	Joe Morgan
Bonita Granville	...	Ronnie
Albert Dekker	...	Frank Leonard
Eugene Pallette	...	Harry Wheeler
George E. Stone	...	Max
Edit Angold	...	Nora
Leon Belasco	...	Pierre Yasha
Miguelito Valdés	...	Ice Show Singer
Bobby Ramos and His Rumba Band	...	Themselves (as Bobby Ramos and His Band)
Bobby Ramos	...	Mexican Restaurant Vocalist
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bobby Barber	...	Delicatessen Man (scenes deleted)
Dawn Bender	...	Little Girl (scenes deleted)
Beverly Haney	...	Model (scenes deleted)
Beverly Hawthorne	...	Model (scenes deleted)

Storyline

The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor at the show to a management position based on suggestions he made to improve the act of the show's star, who also happens to be the owner's wife. However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. Meanwhile, someone from the new manager's past shows up with information that could wreck his plans.

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Plot Keywords:

ice skating | suspense

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Genres:

Romance | Drama | Film-Noir

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 June 1946 (USA)

Also Known As:

Der Todesreifen

Company Credits

Production Co:

King Brothers Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

101 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Final film of Eugene Pallette.

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Connections

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

User Reviews

Nice sets

Joe Morgan (Barry Sullivan) drifts into town and rather unconvincingly lands a job at a theatre where he works his way up the ladder in an extraordinarily short space of time. The owner Frank (Albert Dekker) goes away on a business trip leaving Joe in charge of the ice shows starring Roberta Elva (Belita). Roberta is Frank's wife and love sparks begin to fly between her and Joe. What will Frank do when he discovers what is going on?.....

A couple of problems with the film: 1) - the way Joe is just handed promotion after promotion for absolutely no reason: 2) - the casting of Barry Sullivan. I thought he was a 3rd-rate Franchot Tone.

These points aside, the film carries you along with musical ice-skating interludes that are entertaining and quite tense on a couple of occasions as Belita performs a jump through a ring of swords. The sets and lighting are good and the story keeps unravelling right to the very end of the film. With the exception of Barry Sullivan, the cast are good and Eugene Palette deserves a mention as "Harry", the manager that Belita can always trust. There is also a funny moment where some Cuban clown called Miguelito Valdes introduces one of Belita's ice dance numbers by singing a song with a big drum. He's rubbish. At the end of the day, it's Belita's film and it's a good story to watch again.