Summary
Story of an investment agent who embezzles a large sum from an estate, hoping to cover his crime by marrying the estate's heiress. The girl is already engaged, so he arranges to have the fiance killed. A mix up involving the society section of the newspaper places him in the sights of his own hired gun.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 59GoodWatch 58
Letterboxd · 387 ratings3.3/5
IMDb6.5
Audience score44%
Running time
1 h 9 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 crime movies, −37 min on the typical 106
typical 10669Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Released
1947
August 11, 1947
79 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
15 of 15
Albert DekkerKenneth Holden
Catherine CraigClaire Worthington
Charles DrakeDr. Leonard Koster
Alan CarneyVictor Korrin
Linda StirlingFlo Ronson
Tom KennedyFingers Murdock
Selmer JacksonCharles Lennox
Charles MiddletonWilliam the butler
Ernie AdamsThomas the butler
Ben WeldenMickie- SRStanley RossStranger
John BagniHank Gordon
Michael MarkMike the Janitor
Peggy WynneMiss Chalmers
Cay ForesterEvelyn Cossett
Directing · 1
- W. Lee Wilder Director, Producer
Writing · 1
- Don Martin Screenplay
Camera · 1
- John Alton Director of Photography
Other crew · 1
- Doris Miller Additional Dialogue
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