"It could happen to so many married women!" 09 December 1949 Drama, Thriller, Crime 82 mins
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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James Mason as Martin Donnelly
Joan Bennett as Lucia Harper
Geraldine Brooks as Bea Harper
Henry O'Neill as Tom Harper
Shepperd Strudwick as Ted Darby
David Bair as David Harper
Roy Roberts as Nagel
Jessie Arnold as Old Lady (uncredited)
Al Bain as Man (uncredited)
Jack Baker as Man (uncredited)
Pat Barton as Receptionist (uncredited)
Holger Bendixen as Man (uncredited)
Gail Bonney as Woman (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg as Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Peter Brocco as Pete the Bartender (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns as Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Max Ophüls Director
Gene Havlick Editor
Robert E. Kent Adaptation
Robert Soderberg Screenplay
Mel Dinelli Adaptation
Hans J. Salter Original Music Composer
Henry Garson Screenplay
Burnett Guffey Director of Photography
Walter Wanger Producer
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding Story
Carmen Dirigo Hairstylist
Newt Jones Makeup Artist
Morris Stoloff Music Director
Earl Bellamy Assistant Director
Cary Odell Art Direction
Russell Malmgren Sound Engineer
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Les désemparés Trailer
United Kingdom 09 December 1949
United States 29 December 1949
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James Mason is the reluctant blackmailer of housewife Joan Bennett in this 1949 noir.
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