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01/07/1947 Thriller, Drama, Mystery 1h 49m
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It's So Easy to Cry 'SHAME'!

Overview

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.

  1. Vincent Sherman

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Ann Sheridan

    Christine Hunter

  2. Lew Ayres

    Larry Hannaford

  3. Zachary Scott

    Bob Hunter

  4. Eve Arden

    Paula

  5. Jerome Cowan

    Prosecuting Attorney

  6. Steven Geray

    Martin Barrow

  7. John Hoyt

    Det. Lt. Reynolds

  8. Peggy Knudsen

    Claire

  9. Marta Mitrovich

    Mrs. Tanner

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-05-11
The Statue.

The Unfaithful is directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Dave Goodis and James Gunn. It's based around the 1929 play, The Letter, by W. Somerset Maugham. It stars Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray and John Hoyt. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Ernest Haller.

When a Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night it appears to be a simple case of self defence....

Maugham's play written source of 1929 had already been adapted in 1931 and 1940, the latter the most grandiose version with Bette Davis sta...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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