A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
Directed by Nicholas Ray
film noir
hospital
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.0 / 5
Cast
Maureen O'Hara
Marian Washburn
Melvyn Douglas
Luke Jordan
Gloria Grahame
Susan Caldwell / Estrellita
Bill Williams
Lee Crenshaw
Victor Jory
Brook Matthews
Mary Philips
Mrs. Mary Fowler
Jay C. Flippen
Police Insp. Jim Fowler
Robert Warwick
Assistant District Attorney Roberts
Curt Conway
Doctor
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Matthews, Brook's Mother
Virginia Farmer
Mollie the Washburn Maid
Ellen Corby
Nurse who reads paper to Susan
Crew
Nicholas Ray
Director
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Friedrich Hollaender
Original Music Composer
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Producer
Vicki Baum
Novel
Albert S. D'Agostino
Art Direction
C. Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Popular Reviews
9 reviews
Maranda
7.0★ · 01/31/26
Sometimes my crush on Melvyn Douglas is almost detrimental bc I can’t focus on the rest of the movie lol
Sometimes my crush on Melvyn Douglas is almost detrimental bc I can’t focus on the rest of the movie lol
Izzy Lockwood
6.0★ · 11/11/25
Was lowk anticlimactic But “there’s been a shooting- I did it!” Was such a badass opening
Was lowk anticlimactic But “there’s been a shooting- I did it!” Was such a badass opening
