The read
It runs a compact 1h 18m.
Synopsis
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
16 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert FloreyDirector
- Adolph DeutschOriginal Music Composer
- Adele ComandiniScreenplay
- C. Graham BakerScreenplay
Cast
- Faye EmersonHilda Fenchurch
- Zachary ScottRonnie Mason
- Richard ErdmanBunkie Taylor (as Dick Erdman)
- Rosemary DeCampDr. Jane Silla
- Bruce BennettDr. Andrew Lang
- Mona FreemanAnne Fenchurch
- John RidgelyThomas Turner
- Mary ServossMrs. Fenchurch
- Joyce ComptonKate
- Virginia SaleMrs. Crockett
- Robert ArthurHotel Boy
- Monte BluePoliceman in Car
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Themes
based on novel or bookfake suicidefilm noirsecretary