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6.8Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.
Released: 1949-11-2595 minDir: John BerryThriller, Crime
Cast
- Richard Basehart as Warren Quimby
- Audrey Totter as Claire Quimby
- Cyd Charisse as Mary Chanler
- Barry Sullivan as Lt. Collier Bonnabel
- Lloyd Gough as Barney Deager
- Tom D'Andrea as Freddie
Themes
- infidelity
- pharmacist
- drugstore
- eyeglasses
- femme fatale
- film noir
- murder
- interrogation
- valet
- missing person
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- film noir
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Berry
- Cast member
- Lloyd Gough
- Composer
- André Previn
- Cinematographer
- Harry Stradling
- Narrative location
- California
- Duration
- 95
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- publication date
- 1949-00-00
- title
- Tension
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- production designer
- Cedric Gibbons
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