The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert WiseDirector
- Eve GreeneScreenplay
- Richard MacaulayScreenplay
- Paul SawtellOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Claire TrevorHelen Brent
- Lawrence TierneySam Wild
- Walter SlezakMatthew Arnett
- Phillip TerryFred Grover
- Audrey LongGeorgia Staples
- Elisha Cook Jr.Marty
- Isabel JewellLaury Palmer
- Esther HowardMrs. Kraft
- Kathryn CardGrace
- Tony BarrettDanny
- Grandon RhodesInspector Wilson
- Demetrius AlexisMaitre d'Hotel (uncredited)