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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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- 95
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- publication date
- 1949-00-00
- title
- Tension
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1940s psychological thriller films1949 American films1949 English-language films1949 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican psychological thriller filmsEnglish-language thriller filmsFilm noirFilms directed by John BerryFilms scored by André PrevinFilms set in CaliforniaMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer filmsTemplate film date with 2 release dates