Category: Film-Noir
All Genres: Film-Noir, Thriller
Release Year: 1952
Country: USA
Runtime: 110
Rating: 6.3 (0)
Languages: English
Director: David Miller
Sound: Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Lenore J. Coffee – writer
Edna Sherry – novel
Robert Smith – writer
Produced by: Joe Kaufmann – producer
Joan Crawford – executive producer (uncredited)
Cast: Joan Crawford – Myra Hudson
Jack Palance – Lester Blaine
Gloria Grahame – Irene Neves
Bruce Bennett – Steve Kearney
Virginia Huston – Ann Taylor
Mike Connors – Junior Kearney (as Touch Connors)
Estelle Etterre – Party Guest (uncredited)
Bess Flowers – Reception Guest (uncredited)
Taylor Holmes – Scott Martindale (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson – Dr. Van Roan (uncredited)
Lewis Martin – Bill, the Play Director (uncredited)
Music: Elmer Bernstein
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Plot Outline: A wealthy lady playwright is wooed by and ultimately marries a younger actor/con artist she once fired.
Plot: Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudsons new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesnt look like a “romantic leading man.” On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong…by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive? The answer brings on a game of cat and mouse; but whos the cat and whos the mouse?
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
The credits state that the film is “Made with pride entirely in the U.S.A.”
Goofs: We know about 1 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: After Lester puts down Irenes telephone, he calls out her name three times but the second we hear her name, his lips dont move at all.
Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list – like these:
- Marlon Brando was originally offered the role of Lester Blaine
- Mike Connors first film role.
