The read
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 10m.
Synopsis
Caddish lawyer Lee Gentry is going out with Katy Costello, but carrying on an affair with dancer Carmen Brown. When he wants to end the dalliance with Carmen, she is so distraught that she becomes suicidal. Seizing the gun from Carmen, he accidentally shoots her, and thinking she's dead, concocts a series of increasingly outlandish alibis to cover his tracks under the guidance of a ghostly apparition that is his alter ego.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
26 audience votes
Key crew
- Ben HechtDirector
- Ben HechtScreenplay
- Charles MacArthurDirector
- Frank ToursOriginal Music Composer
- Lee GarmesDirector
- Charles MacArthurScreenplay
Cast
- Claude RainsLee Gentry
- MargoCarmen Brown
- Whitney BourneKaty Costello
- Stanley RidgesEddie White
- Leslie AdamsState's Attorney O'Brien
- Dorothy BradshawJury Member (uncredited)
- Fanny BriceWoman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
- Jack CarrDefendant (uncredited)
- Esther DaleMiss Keeley (uncredited)
- Fraye GilbertJury Member (uncredited)
- Greta GranstedtDella (uncredited)
- Helen HayesWoman in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Stills
Themes
murderlawyer