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Before he made Betrayed, Robert Mitchum was picking up occasional paychecks as a villain in Hopalong Cassidy flicks. Afterward, he was headed to stardom.
In this chilling, iconic film noir, Mitchum plays a new bride’s (Kim Hunter) former beau, who provides a strong shoulder to lean on when his ex suspects the mysterious man she married (Dean Jagger) may be a killer. Future horror innovator William Castle’s inventive direction drenches the action in claustrophobic tension: the sequence with Hunter lit by flashing neon is a classic.
And the scene where Mitchum loses his trademark cool in an eruption of emotion foreshadows his audience-jolting performances in The Night of the Hunter and Cape Fear.
Original Release
08/21/1944
US Release
08/21/1944
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Dean Jagger | Paul Baxter |
Kim Hunter | Millie Baxter / Mildred 'Millie' Baxter |
Robert Mitchum | Fred Graham |
Neil Hamilton | Police Lieutenant Blake / Det. Lt. Blake |
Lou Lubin | Jacob Houser |
Milton Kibbee | Charlie |
Dewey Robinson | Newsstand Owner |
Claire Whitney | Middle-Aged Woman / Wife on Train |
Edward Keane | Middle-Aged Man / Husband on Train |
Virginia Sale | Hotel Chambermaid / Chambermaid |
Directors
Writers
Philip Yordan, Dennis J. Cooper, George Moskov
Cast
Name | Character |
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Dean Jagger | Paul Baxter |
Kim Hunter | Millie Baxter / Mildred 'Millie' Baxter |
Robert Mitchum | Fred Graham |
Neil Hamilton | Police Lieutenant Blake / Det. Lt. Blake |
Lou Lubin | Jacob Houser |
Milton Kibbee | Charlie |
Dewey Robinson | Newsstand Owner |
Claire Whitney | Middle-Aged Woman / Wife on Train |
Edward Keane | Middle-Aged Man / Husband on Train |
Virginia Sale | Hotel Chambermaid / Chambermaid |
Dick Elliott | Sam Prescott |
Lee 'Lasses' White | Old Man |
Marta Mitrovich | Baby's Mother |
Billy Nelson | Louisville Driver |
Fred Aldrich | Police Detective |
Lennie Bluett | Dancer at Big Jims |
Marie Bryant | Dancer in Big Jims |
William Castle | Seen in Photograph Given to Police / Man in Photograph Given to Police. |
Rhonda Fleming | Girl on Train / Girl in train |
Byron Foulger | Albert Foster / Albert Foster in Photograph |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Frank King | Producer |
Maurice King | Producer |