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Robinson portrays a middle-aged clothing store cashier whose life is tragically changed when he becomes involved with Kitty (Joan Bennett), a predatory manipulating woman. He is a quiet and mild-mannered man, but his wife is a total shrew and so his chance meeting with Kitty leaves him easy prey for her schemes, which pull him deeper and deeper into a world of crime and deception. Events take an unexpected turn and the ending is one of those neat twists that go against the usual formula. This was a controversial film in its day and was banned for some time, probably because of the eventual fate of Robinson's character. One of those moody, darkly shadowed dramas at which Lang excels. A remake of Jean Renoir's La Chienne, adapted by Dudley Nichols.
Original Release
12/25/1945
US Release
12/25/1945
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward G. Robinson | Christopher Cross |
Joan Bennett | Katharine 'Kitty' March / Katherine 'Kitty' March |
Dan Duryea | Johnny Prince |
Margaret Lindsay | Millie Ray |
Rosalind Ivan | Adele Cross |
Jess Barker | Damon Janeway / David Janeway |
Charles Kemper | Homer Higgins / Patch-eye Higgins |
Anita Sharp-Bolster | Mrs. Michaels |
Samuel S. Hinds | Charles Pringle |
Vladimir Sokoloff | Pop LeJon |
Directors
Writers
Georges de La Fouchardière, André Mouézy-Éon, Dudley Nichols
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edward G. Robinson | Christopher Cross |
Joan Bennett | Katharine 'Kitty' March / Katherine 'Kitty' March |
Dan Duryea | Johnny Prince |
Margaret Lindsay | Millie Ray |
Rosalind Ivan | Adele Cross |
Jess Barker | Damon Janeway / David Janeway |
Charles Kemper | Homer Higgins / Patch-eye Higgins |
Anita Sharp-Bolster | Mrs. Michaels |
Samuel S. Hinds | Charles Pringle |
Vladimir Sokoloff | Pop LeJon |
Arthur Loft | Dellarowe |
Russell Hicks | J.J. Hogarth |
Richard Abbott | Critic at Gallery |
John Barton | Hurdy-Gurdy Man |
Rodney Bell | Barney |
Ted Billings | Vendor |
Richard Cramer | Principal Keeper |
Dick Curtis | Detective |
Tom Daly | Penny - Bartender |
Edgar Dearing | Policeman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Walter Wanger | Executive Producer |
Fritz Lang | Producer |