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An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.
Stanley Ridges
- Inspector Huxley
- (as Stanley C. Ridges)
Ernie Adams
- Cabbie
- (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
- Background Woman
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
- Pogson
- (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
- Commuter
- (uncredited)
John Berkes
- Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather
- (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
- Miss Crevy
- (uncredited)
Nina Campana
- Cashier at Luigi's
- (uncredited)
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- Trivia"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60-minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 9, 1945, with Charles Laughton, Ella Raines and Rosalind Ivan reprising their film roles.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Columbo: How to Dial a Murder (1978)
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standout bad marriage film
An excellent domestic drama about a middle-aged man (Charles Laughton) who is trapped in an insufferable marriage. Laughton captures all the mannerisms of the situation, with a happy face for the neighbors masking his true torment. The story gets pushed along when he meets a younger woman (Ella Raines) and starts a relationship, which his devious wife (Rosalind Ivan) finds out about, sending him to the point of panic when she threatens him with social and financial ruin. The next door neighbor (Molly Lamont) is also trapped in an absysmal marriage to an alcoholic and abusive husband (Henry Daniell). One wonders why the writers didn't have Laughton and Lamont as the focus, as she's everything his wife isn't, instead of Raines. It would have saved the movie from becoming another police crime story. In any event, the chemistry seems to work pretty well, with Daniell and Ivan each in their own outstanding way supplying enough venom to propel the movie along, and Laughton excellent as a good man pushed into a corner.
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- Gross worldwide
- $110
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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