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Beware, My Lovely ()

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A mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918.
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Mrs. Helen Gordon
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Howard Wilton
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Mr. Walter Armstrong
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Ruth Williams
James Willmas ...
Mr. Stevens
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Mr. Franks
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Doug (as Dee Pollack)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shelly Lynn Anderson ...
Boy (uncredited)
Corky ...
Corky the dog (uncredited)
Jeanne Eggenweiler ...
Jeanne (uncredited)
Jimmy Mobley ...
Jimmy (uncredited)
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Boy (uncredited)
Ronnie Patterson ...
Boy (uncredited)
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Mr. Gordon (uncredited)

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Harry Horner

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Mel Dinelli ... (screenplay)
 
Mel Dinelli ... (short story "The Man")
 
Mel Dinelli ... (play "The Man")

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Mel Dinelli ... associate producer
Collier Young ... producer

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Leith Stevens

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George E. Diskant ... director of photography

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Paul Weatherwax

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Albert S. D'Agostino
Alfred Herman

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Al Orenbach
Darrell Silvera

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Michael Woulfe

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist
Larry Germain ... hair stylist

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John L. Cass ... sound (as John Cass)
Clem Portman ... sound

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... musical director
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Helen Gordon hires Howard Wilton as a handyman to do chores around her house. She doesn't know what she's let herself in for. Insecure and paranoid, Wilton thinks everyone, including Helen, is against him. He suffers from memory lapses and extreme mood swings. She's soon a prisoner in her own house after Wilton locks the doors and tears out the telephone. His mood swings from violence to complacency but after Helen gets a message to the police via a telephone repairman, she finds he is still in the house. Written by garykmcd

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Also Known As
  • One False Move (United States)
  • Day Without End (United States)
  • The Man (United States)
  • The Ragged Edge (United States)
  • Осторожней, моя милая (Soviet Union, Russian title)
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Trivia The photo of Mrs. Gordon's (Ida Lupino) deceased husband is actually William Talman, who played Hamilton Burger in Perry Mason (1957). See more »
Goofs (at around 3 mins) When the murder victim, Mrs. Warren, is revealed, she blinks. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Beware, My Lovely (2018). See more »
Soundtracks Deck the Halls See more »
Quotes Howard Wilton: [after Ruth has deliberately sprinkled debris on the floor he's just been cleaning, on his hands and knees] You think I'm funny?
Ruth Williams: Not particularly.
Howard Wilton: I don't like being laughed at.
Ruth Williams: Well, aren't *you* the bundle of nerves! Listen, you. I don't see many men around polishing floors. It's a woman's job. Who do you think you are? Seems to me there's better ways for a *man* to make a living.
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