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1948·Crime·1h 35m

7.2

★

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.

Directed by John Farrow

new york city

based on novel or book

clock

magazine

film noir

murder

framed for a crime

publisher

crime fiction writer

sundial

Trailer

IMDB

N/A

Letterboxd

3.8 / 5

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Cast

Ray Milland

Ray Milland

George Stroud

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Earl Janoth

Maureen O'Sullivan

Maureen O'Sullivan

Georgette Stroud

George Macready

George Macready

Steve Hagen

Rita Johnson

Rita Johnson

Pauline York

Elsa Lanchester

Elsa Lanchester

Louise Patterson

Harold Vermilyea

Harold Vermilyea

Don Klausmeyer

Dan Tobin

Dan Tobin

Roy Cordette

Harry Morgan

Harry Morgan

Bill Womack

Richard Webb

Richard Webb

Nat Sperling

Elaine Riley

Elaine Riley

Lily Gold

Luis van Rooten

Luis van Rooten

Edwin Orlin

Crew

John Farrow

John Farrow

Director

Victor Young

Victor Young

Original Music Composer

John F. Seitz

John F. Seitz

Director of Photography

Richard Maibaum

Richard Maibaum

Producer

Sam Comer

Sam Comer

Set Decoration

Edith Head

Edith Head

Costume Design

Wally Westmore

Wally Westmore

Makeup Supervisor

Popular Reviews

25 reviews

alicia

5.0★ · 12/03/25

no tiene mucho sentido pero no en plan guay si no q esta mal hecha

no tiene mucho sentido pero no en plan guay si no q esta mal hecha

brunettegsundae

8.0★ · 11/10/25

This man gets literally fired from his job to enjoy the honeymoon with his wife, instead of he going home in the first minute, he decides to drink with another girl, this is the only thing that didn’t makes sense to me, he didn’t go to vacation since he misses the train and get in a bad really trouble
Elsa Lanchester should had more appearance time, she steals the scene

This man gets literally fired from his job to enjoy the honeymoon with his wife, instead of he going home in the first minute, he decides to drink with another girl, this is the only thing that didn’t makes sense to me, he didn’t go to vacation since he misses the train and get in a bad really trouble
Elsa Lanchester should had more appearance time, she steals the scene

Bryce

6.0★ · 09/13/25

Really nice noir accidental framing film. Some of the shots are really good especially the long takes Milland delivers a good performance and the pacing and story is really good although predictable. Milland has to play cat and mouse to avoid being caught and jailed and it sets up some really fun moments like the final 15 minutes.

Really nice noir accidental framing film. Some of the shots are really good especially the long takes Milland delivers a good performance and the pacing and story is really good although predictable. Milland has to play cat and mouse to avoid being caught and jailed and it sets up some really fun moments like the final 15 minutes.

christy

8.0★ · 06/24/25

So good I love film noir I love movies

So good I love film noir I love movies

Thegreatgibbsby

8.0★ · 01/15/25

Elsa Lanchester just swooped in and stole the movie from right under their noses

Elsa Lanchester just swooped in and stole the movie from right under their noses

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