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25 May 1949 (USA) moreTagline:
The story of a smiling "Lady Killer" who knew how to "handle" women!Plot:
The secretary to a phony psychiatrist finds herself caught up in the murder of a patient's wife and realizes that her life is also in danger. | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Only a so-so example of film noir. moreCast
(Credited cast) | Dorothy Lamour | ... | Merl Kramer |
 | Sterling Hayden | ... | Joe Cooper |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Karl Benson |
| Irene Hervey | ... | Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet |
| Phillip Reed | ... | Guy Bayard |
| Harold Vermilyea | ... | Dr. Redman |
| Alan Napier | ... | Alton Bennet |
| Art Smith | ... | Detective Lt. Bill Dawson |
| Irving Bacon | ... | Sgt. Fayle |
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Fun Stuff
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Det. Dawson: I've never known a congenital wise-guy yet that didn't outsmart himself. moreFAQ
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Overall, I was fairly disappointed in Manhandled. The best part about it was Dan Duryea, who played his usual oily self and is always a pleasure to watch. The plot of the film was satisfactory as well, involving a rich woman's coveted jewels, her murder, and a melange of would-be killers. But Dorothy Lamour is miscast as the leading lady and adds little to the production, and a running gag between a police detective and his partner is not only tiresome but also out of place. The film did offer several notable elements of film noir, however, including the opening sequence, in which a man dreams that he bludgeons his wife to death with a perfume bottle, and a later scene in which a duplicitous doctor is run over -- repeatedly -- by a car. Still, I'd probably place this one way down on my list of film noir must-sees.