WOMEN SPOKE OF HER with Scorn...MEN THOUGHT OF HER with Longing!
Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the murder on his sibling. Also affected by Stephen's arrogant dementia is his long-suffering wife Marjorie.
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Grave, classical in form, spare and intimate.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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Cast
- Louis HaywardStephen Byrne
- Jane WyattMarjorie Byrne
- Lee BowmanJohn Byrne
- Dorothy PatrickEmily Gaunt
- Ann ShoemakerMrs. Ambrose
- Jody GilbertFlora Bantam - John's housekeeper
- Sarah PaddenMrs. Beach - Stephen's elderly cook
- Peter BroccoHarry - coroner chairing inquest
- Howland ChamberlainD.A.-prosecutor at inquest
- Leslie KimmellMr. Gaunt
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- Fritz LangDirector
- Mel DinelliWriter
- A.P. HerbertNovel
- Edward CronjagerDirector of Photography
- George AntheilOriginal Music Composer
- Arthur HiltonEditor
- Howard WelschProducer
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