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7.0/10   53 votes
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Director:
Lewis R. Foster
Writers:
L.S. Goldsmith (novel) and
Whitman Chambers (writer)
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Release Date:
25 May 1949 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Film-Noir | Drama more
Tagline:
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 synopsis
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Only a so-so example of film noir. more

Cast

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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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Additional Details

Also Known As:
A Man Who Stole a Dream (USA) (working title)
Betrayal (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Det. Dawson: I've never known a congenital wise-guy yet that didn't outsmart himself. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Remington Steele: Cast in Steele (#3.9)" (1984) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful:-
Only a so-so example of film noir., 15 June 2001
4/10
Author: Gypsy1962 from Chicago, Illinois

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.

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