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Director:
Writers:
Eve Greene (screenplay) and
Richard Macaulay (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 May 1947 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The Story of a Woman Who Loved Unwisely...and too well! more
Plot:
In Reno a man kills a girl he likes and her boyfriend out of jealousy; it may not be the first time... more | full synopsis
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Cast

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Claire Trevor ... Helen Brent
Lawrence Tierney ... Sam Wild
Walter Slezak ... Matthew Arnett
Phillip Terry ... Fred Grover
Audrey Long ... Georgia Staples
Elisha Cook Jr. ... Marty
Isabel Jewell ... Laury Palmer
Esther Howard ... Mrs. Kraft
Kathryn Card ... Grace
Tony Barrett ... Danny
Grandon Rhodes ... Police Inspector Wilson
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jason Robards Sr. ... Conductor (scenes deleted)
Stanley Stone ... Train Conductor (scenes deleted)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Deadlier Than the Male (USA) (working title)
Lady of Deceit (UK)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Canada:PG (Ontario) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #11703, Adult Audience)

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Quotes:
Helen Brent: [to Sam, approvingly] You're not a turnip, are you? more

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Born To Watch This More Than Once, 17 December 2005
8/10
Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Here is another one of those films I didn't particularly care for the first time around, but gave it a second chance some years later and was rewarded. Now I love the film and am a Lawrence Tierney fan.

Tierney's intense character, his hot temper and insane paranoid jealousy are, well, fun to watch once you get to like this actor and his tough-guy roles. Tierney, in this film, would kill over the slightest thing that would suggest to him that he might be getting double crossed. Talk about a guy with mental problems!

Trevor was effective as the immoral woman who cared for money first, and everything else a distant second. As good as she and Tierney play off each other, for me, the most entertaining parts of the film were watching three of the supporting characters, played by Elisha Cook Jr., Walter Slezak and Esther Howard.

Cook played his normal film noir jittery-worried gangster accomplice and victim. He made a living playing these type of roles. Slezak was the Shakespeare/ Bible--quoting detective and Howard was a real hoot as an old lady trying to track down the killer of her young friend.

This is film noir in all its moodiness and hard attitude. If you find it a bit slow, please give it a second chance. These characters grow on you!

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