The Suspect (1945)
1h 25m
Running Time
January 31, 1945Release Date
The Suspect (1945)
1h 25m
Running Time
January 31, 1945Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
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Cast & Crew.
Charles Laughton
Philip Marshall
Ella Raines
Mary Gray
Dean Harens
John Marshall
Stanley Ridges
Inspector Huxley
Henry Daniell
Mr. Simmons
Rosalind Ivan
Cora Marshall
Molly Lamont
Mrs. Simmons
Raymond Severn
Merridew
Eve Amber
Sybil
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Packer
Clifford Brooke
Mr. Packer
Gerald Hamer
Griswold (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Cabbie (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
Background Woman (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
Pogson (uncredited)
Walter Bacon
Commuter (uncredited)
John Berkes
Det. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Lillian Bronson
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
Nina Campana
Cashier at Luigi's (uncredited)
Tommy Cook
Child Violinist (uncredited)
Frank Dawson
Jarvis (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
Pauline Barlow (uncredited)
Helena Grant
Miss Pomfret (uncredited)
Barbara Gray
Model (uncredited)
Grayce Hampton
Margaret (uncredited)
Keith Hitchcock
William Crummit (uncredited)
Olaf Hytten
Mr. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles Knight
Mr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Sidney Lawford
Lord Eldon (uncredited)
Vera Lewis
Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
Kate MacKenna
Mrs. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles McNaughton
Waiter (uncredited)
Richard Neill
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edgar Norton
Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Hilda Plowright
Mrs. Margett (uncredited)
Rebel Randall
Model (uncredited)
Sheila Roberts
Model (uncredited)
John Rogers
Mr. Margett (uncredited)
Tony Santoro
Waiter (uncredited)
Sally Shepherd
Mrs. Brown (uncredited)
Cecil Weston
Mrs. Chadwick (uncredited)
Katherine Yorke
Model (uncredited)
William Tummel
Assistant Director
Edward R. Robinson
Set Decoration
Frank Skinner
Music Director / Original Music Composer
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Bertram Millhauser
Screenplay
Arthur T. Horman
Adaptation
Robert Siodmak
Director
James Ronald
Novel
Paul Ivano
Director of Photography
Harry B. Friedman
Publicist
Robert Laylo
Assistant Camera
Howard Benedict
Executive Producer
Frank Heisler
Assistant Camera
William Dodds
Second Assistant Camera
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 31, 1945
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 25m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
noir
london england
detective inspector
older man younger woman relationship
falling down stairs
bludgeoning
nosy neighbor
henpecked husband
blackmailer
wife murder
early 1900s
foggy night
poisoning
killer as protagonist
overbearing wife
black and white
Wiki.
The Suspect is a 1944 American film noir starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines, and directed by Robert Siodmak. Set in Edwardian London in 1902, it is based on the 1939 novel This Way Out, by James Ronald, and was released by Universal Pictures.
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