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Dishonored Lady

  • 19471947
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 25m
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6.5/10
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Dishonored Lady (1947)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
A beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into ... Read allA beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into a smaller apartment and under another name.A beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into a smaller apartment and under another name.
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1.5K
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    • Robert Stevenson
  • Writers
    • Edward Sheldon(play)
    • Margaret Ayer Barnes(play)
    • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hedy Lamarr
    • Dennis O'Keefe
    • John Loder
    • Robert Stevenson
  • Writers
    • Edward Sheldon(play)
    • Margaret Ayer Barnes(play)
    • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Hedy Lamarr
    • Dennis O'Keefe
    • John Loder
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 40User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    Hedy Lamarr in Dishonored Lady (1947)
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    Hedy Lamarr and Dennis O'Keefe in Dishonored Lady (1947)
    Hedy Lamarr, Nicholas Joy, and Dennis O'Keefe in Dishonored Lady (1947)
    Hedy Lamarr, John Loder, William Lundigan, and Dennis O'Keefe in Dishonored Lady (1947)
    Hedy Lamarr in Dishonored Lady (1947)

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    Hedy Lamarr
    Hedy Lamarr
    • Madeleine Damien
    Dennis O'Keefe
    Dennis O'Keefe
    • Dr. David S. Cousins
    John Loder
    John Loder
    • Felix Courtland
    William Lundigan
    William Lundigan
    • Jack Garet
    Morris Carnovsky
    Morris Carnovsky
    • Dr. Richard Caleb
    Natalie Schafer
    Natalie Schafer
    • Ethel Royce
    Paul Cavanagh
    Paul Cavanagh
    • Victor Kranish
    Douglass Dumbrille
    Douglass Dumbrille
    • District Attorney O'Brien
    • (as Douglas Dumbrille)
    Margaret Hamilton
    Margaret Hamilton
    • Mrs. Geiger
    Edward Biby
    Edward Biby
    • Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Gino Corrado
    Gino Corrado
    • Carl, Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Jack Deery
    • Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    James Flavin
    James Flavin
    • Police Sgt. Patella
    • (uncredited)
    Raoul Freeman
    • Bailiff
    • (uncredited)
    Curt Furberg
    • Courtroom Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Dick Gordon
    Dick Gordon
    • Club Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Haines
    • Trial Spectator
    • (uncredited)
    Henry Hebert
    Henry Hebert
    • Attorney's Assistant
    • (uncredited)
      • Robert Stevenson
    • Writers
      • Edward Sheldon(play)
      • Margaret Ayer Barnes(play)
      • Edmund H. North(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film's loosely based on the life of Madeleine Smith, whose story was told more fully in David Lean's film Madeleine (1950).
    • Goofs
      District attorney says Lamarr saw victim,went to his home,made love to him,all for the purpose of influencing him,but when that failed,she murdered him.He says this is first degree murder. With no prior intent, at best, this is manslaughter.
    • Quotes

      Madeleine Damien: You really are a rat aren't you.

    • Connections
      Featured in Dry Run (2010)
    • Soundtracks
      Tristan und Isolde
      Written by Richard Wagner

    User reviews40

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    Slow But Interesting, & Lamarr Is Well Worth Seeing
    It moves rather slowly much of the time, but this is an interesting drama with a performance from Hedy Lamarr that is well worth seeing in itself. The story is rather ambitious, and though it does not always fit together as well as it could have, it has a number of interesting aspects centering on Lamarr's character, Madeleine.

    Madeleine is an interesting and complex character, starting out as a hard-driving, self-absorbed art editor, confronting an emotional crisis, and then starting a new life that brings its own challenges. It's a great role, and Lamarr fills it pretty well and makes good use of the material. The character is well-drawn enough to make the movie as a whole worthwhile despite a number of flaws elsewhere.

    The supporting cast is solid, though most of the secondary characters don't have as much depth. They usually serve mainly to drive the plot and/or to develop the main character further. The psychiatrist character seems just a little exaggerated now, since the assumptions he makes are no longer accepted unquestioningly. The character would still work all right if he were made less infallible and inflexible.

    The first part of the story probably works the best, painting an interesting picture of the changes in Madeleine's life. The courtroom sequence in the second half sometimes seems a bit contrived, but dramatically it works all right. Overall, the movie seems as if it could have been better with a few improvements, but it's worth seeing, and Lamarr provides a good reason to watch it.
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    • Nov 21, 2005

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    • Release date
      • May 16, 1947 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Hunt Stromberg Productions
      • Mars Film Corporation
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 25 minutes
      • Black and White

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