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After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Keywords
parent child relationship
femme fatale
film noir
ironic
Casts

James Mason
Martin Donnelly

Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper

Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper

Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper

Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby
David Bair
David Harper

Roy Roberts
Nagel

Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)

Al Bain
Man (uncredited)
Jack Baker
Man (uncredited)
Pat Barton
Receptionist (uncredited)
Holger Bendixen
Man (uncredited)

Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Peter Brocco
Pete the Bartender (uncredited)

Paul E. Burns
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
John Butler
Pawnbroker (uncredited)

Kathryn Card
Mrs. Loring (uncredited)

Claire Carleton
Woman (uncredited)
Boyd Davis
Tall Man in Post Office (uncredited)

Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler (uncredited)
George Dockstader
Man (uncredited)

Charles Evans
Bank Official (uncredited)
Charles Ferguson
Policeman (uncredited)

Everett Glass
Drug Clerk (uncredited)

Robert Gordon
Man (uncredited)
Buddy Gorman
Magazine Clerk (uncredited)

Harry Harvey
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)

Virginia Hunter
Girl (uncredited)
Danny Jackson
Drummer (uncredited)

Charles Jordan
Man (uncredited)

Kenneth Kendall
Man (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt
Second Postal Clerk (uncredited)
David Levitt
Man (uncredited)

Mike Mahoney
Policeman (uncredited)
Charles Marsh
Bob (Newsper Vendor) (uncredited)

Louis Mason
Mike (uncredited)
Richard Mickelson
Man (uncredited)
John Monaghan
Policeman (uncredited)
Sue Moore
Woman (uncredited)
Evelyn Moriarty
Woman (uncredited)

Pat O'Malley
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Joe Palma
Card Player (uncredited)

Dorothy Phillips
Woman (uncredited)
Joe Ploski
Clerk in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Byron Poindexter
Man (uncredited)
Joe Recht
Newsboy (uncredited)
Barry Regan
Man (uncredited)

John Roy
Man (uncredited)

Cosmo Sardo
Man (uncredited)
Celeste Savoi
Waitress (uncredited)

William Schallert
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)

Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Billy Snyder
Gambler (uncredited)
Glenn Thompson
Policeman (uncredited)

Frances E. Williams
Sybil (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Crews

Max Ophüls
Director
Mel Dinelli
Adaptation
Henry Garson
Screenplay
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding
Story
Robert E. Kent
Adaptation
Robert Soderberg
Screenplay
Walter Wanger
Producer
Hans J. Salter
Original Music Composer
Burnett Guffey
Director of Photography
Gene Havlick
Editor
Carmen Dirigo
Hairstylist
Newt Jones
Makeup Artist
Cary Odell
Art Direction
Frank Tuttle
Set Decoration

Earl Bellamy
Assistant Director
Russell Malmgren
Sound Engineer

Morris Stoloff
Music Director

Jean Louis
Costume Designer
Backdrops & Posters








