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In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive and control the men around her.
Language
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue $2,800,000
English
Budget$1,500,000
Revenue $2,800,000
Keywords
film noir
maine
lust
lumberjack
gold digger
suicide by hanging
19th century
father son conflict
manipulative woman
period piece
stepmother stepson relationship
good for her
son kills father
Casts

Hedy Lamarr
Jenny Hager

George Sanders
John Evered

Louis Hayward
Ephraim Poster

Gene Lockhart
Isaiah Poster

Hillary Brooke
Meg Saladine

Rhys Williams
Deacon Adams

June Storey
Lena Tempest

Moroni Olsen
Rev. Thatcher

Olive Blakeney
Mrs. Hollis

Kathleen Lockhart
Mrs. Partridge

Alan Napier
Judge Henry Saladine

Dennis Hoey
Tim Hager
Ed Agresti
Congregation Member (uncredited)
John Alban
Congregation Member (uncredited))

Fred Aldrich
Sailor in Saloon (uncredited)

Jessie Arnold
Mrs. Thatcher (uncredited)

Frank Baker
Congregation Member (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Mr. Patridge (uncredited)

Clancy Cooper
Lumberjack (uncredited)

Ralph Dunn
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Harry Evans
Congregation Member (uncredited)

Edith Evanson
Mrs. Coggins (uncredited)

Al Ferguson
Lumberjack (uncredited)

Fred Graham
Street Rowdy (uncredited)

Billy Gray
Boy on Bridge (uncredited)

Teddy Infuhr
Boy on Bridge (uncredited)

Ian Keith
Lincoln Pittridge (uncredited)
Johnny Kern
Sailor in Saloon (uncredited)
Connie Lamont
Congregation Member (uncredited)

Ian MacDonald
Boat Captain (uncredited)

George Magrill
Poster's Workman (uncredited)

Jo Ann Marlowe
Jenny as a Girl (uncredited)

Francis Pierlot
Dr. Bailey (uncredited)
Christopher Severn
Ephraim Poster - as a Child (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan
Poster's Workman (uncredited)

Ray Teal
Alex Duncan (uncredited)

Harry Wilson
Lumberjack (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke
Mrs. Pittridge (uncredited)

Chief Yowlachie
Guide (uncredited)
Crews

Hunt Stromberg
Writer

Edgar G. Ulmer
Writer
Eugen Schüfftan
Producer

Edgar G. Ulmer
Director
Jack Chertok
Producer
Herb Meadow
Screenplay
Carmen Dragon
Original Music Composer
Ben Ames Williams
Novel
Lucien N. Andriot
Director of Photography

Hunt Stromberg
Presenter
Nicolai Remisoff
Art Direction
Nicolai Remisoff
Production Design
Richard G. Wray
Editor

Hunt Stromberg
Executive Producer
John M. Foley
Editor

Hedy Lamarr
Executive Producer
Victor Greene
Assistant Art Director
James E. Newcom
Supervising Editor
Corson Jowett
Sound
Lester D. Guthrie
Assistant Director
Joseph Stinton
Makeup Artist
Shirley Ulmer
Script Supervisor
Blanche Smith
Hairstylist
Natalie Visart
Costume Designer

Douglas Sirk
Director
Backdrops & Posters





