An engineer trapped in an unhappy marriage murders his wife in the hope of marrying her younger sister.
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Humphrey Bogart | ... | Richard Mason | |
| Alexis Smith | ... | Evelyn Turner | |
| Sydney Greenstreet | ... | Dr. Mark Hamilton | |
| Rose Hobart | ... | Kathryn Mason | |
| Charles Drake | ... | Prof. Norman Holsworth | |
| Grant Mitchell | ... | Dr. Grant | |
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Patrick O'Moore | ... | Det. Lt. Egan (as Pat O'Moore) |
| Ann Shoemaker | ... | Nora Grant | |
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Edwin Stanley | ... | Phillips (as Ed Stanley) |
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Richard Mason is slightly hurt in a car accident but pretends that his injuries are worse so that he cannot accompany his wife, Kathryn on a trip to the mountains. He does, however, kill her on a lonely mountain road. Or did he? He smells her perfume, finds her jewelry, sees an envelope addressed in her handwriting. He goes back to the scene of the crime to find ... what? Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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SUSPENSE...SUSPICION...MAN-WOMAN DESIRES! (original print ad - all caps)Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 June 1945 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Mono (RCA Sound System)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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Dr. Mark Hamilton: I caught the one slip you made. The rose. You said Kathryn was wearing it the last time you saw her.
Richard Mason: She was! It was pinned to her coat.
Dr. Mark Hamilton: I gave her that rose when she stopped at my house. A rose you couldn't have seen when you were supposed to be helpless at home.
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Humphrey Bogart initially refused the film until studio head Jack Warner threatened him with suspension. Production was delayed nearly six weeks until Bogart relented. See more »Goofs
When Richard sees his wife disappear into an empty apartment, the owner tells him that the place has "redone floors and all new wallpaper", yet every wall is plain paint. See more »Quotes
Richard Mason: What're you doing here? What've you got to do with all of this?Dr. Mark Hamilton: I caught the one slip you made. The rose. You said Kathryn was wearing it the last time you saw her.
Richard Mason: She was! It was pinned to her coat.
Dr. Mark Hamilton: I gave her that rose when she stopped at my house. A rose you couldn't have seen when you were supposed to be helpless at home.
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This is one of Bogart's best movies. He could go either to hard bitten private detective Sam Spade or to paranoid types like the role he plays in this movie or what he did in Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Like most Hollywood movies, murder seems a bit unrealistic given the characters as they are written out and portrayed. But get by the murder and the contrived plot that follows, Bogart still is nothing less than fantastic in this movie. Alexis Smith's part as his wife's younger sister is another reason not to throw this film in as a minor and forgettable Bogart effort. Leave it to director Curtis Bernhardt, who was known for making "women"s films, to make a film that explores so well a man's infatuation and insecurity.