Overview:
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.| Status: | Released (1948-03-18) |
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| Awards: | 3 wins & 2 nominations total |
| Screen: | Jonathan Latimer, Kenneth Fearing, Harold Goldman |
| Productions: | Paramount Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | Italiano, English |
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Casts
- 7124: Ray Milland - George Stroud
- 10921: Charles Laughton - Earl Janoth
- 41516: Maureen O'Sullivan - Georgette Stroud
- 14564: George Macready - Steve Hagen
- 85358: Rita Johnson - Pauline York
- 2926: Elsa Lanchester - Louise Patterson
- 43821: Harold Vermilyea - Don Klausmeyer
Crews
- 50300: John Farrow - Director - Directing
- 63051: Kenneth Fearing - Novel - Writing
- 81286: Jonathan Latimer - Screenplay - Writing
- 8620: John F. Seitz - Director of Photography - Camera
- 30013: LeRoy Stone - Editor - Editing
- 9858: Richard Maibaum - Producer - Production
- 47077: Roland Anderson - Art Direction - Art
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Reviews
John Chard
Review text:
How did I get into this rat race? Egomaniac publisher Earl Janoth (Charles Laughton) murders his mistress in a fit of temper. He then uses all his power and connections to pin the crime on another man seen close to the crime. George Stroud (Ray Milland), editor of Janoth's own C ....
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