Complete credited cast: | |||
Joan Caulfield | ... | Matilda Frazier | |
Claude Rains | ... | Victor Grandison | |
Audrey Totter | ... | Althea Keane | |
Constance Bennett | ... | Jane Moynihan | |
Hurd Hatfield | ... | Oliver Keane | |
Ted North | ... | Steven Francis Howard (as Michael North) | |
Fred Clark | ... | Richard Donovan | |
Harry Lewis | ... | Max | |
Jack Lambert | ... | Mr. Press | |
Ray Walker | ... | Donovan's Assistant | |
Nana Bryant | ... | Mrs. White | |
Walter Baldwin | ... | Judge Maynard | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Charles Horvath | ... | Cab Driver (unconfirmed) |
A girl has been murdered. A woman cannot remember a man who claims to be her husband. Her uncle hosts a radio murder mystery show called "The Unsuspected". Who killed the girl? Why? And who is this mystery husband? Written by erasmus
Bravo, TCM, for showing this. I haven't seen it since I was in my teens thirty years ago. It is similar but in many ways superior to Laura. The major flaw of Laura is that it is impossible to believe that Clifton Webb has a great, overriding physical passion for Gene Tierney. There is no such nonsense in The Unsuspected. This is a highly atmospheric, evocative and literate noir set in the sophisticated world of radio and literary circles. We have a powerful, understated performance from Rains alternating between the likeable and sinister. He was one of the very few actors who could pull this kind of thing off (i.e. Notorious, Deception).I take great exception to a previous comment here about a "throwaway cast." Throwaway? Audrey Totter? Constance Bennett? Hurd Hatfield? The too little seen Fred Clark? Hardly throwaway! Totter's performance is etched in acid and this, with her job in Tension, is the best of this fabulous lady's career! She and Bennett here play both sides of the bitch coin. Totter is the nasty side, Bennett the amusing and brittle side. Both of theses dames bring life to dialogue that even on paper would be smart. If you love Warner Brothers, Rains, Totter, Bennett, or noir in general, this is a tasty treat.