The legendary Max Ophuls (Letter from an Unknown Woman, La Ronde) directs this tense and stylish 1949 film noir melodrama. Joan Bennett (Scarlet Street, Suspiria) stars as a suburban housewife who covers up a murder to protect her teenage daughter, only to find herself blackmailed by an immoral small-time crook, played by James Mason (North by Northwest, The Deadly Affair).
Director: Max Ophüls
Producer: Walter Wanger
Writer: Mel Dinelli
Writer: Henry Garson
Writer: Robert E. Kent
Writer: Robert Soderberg
Music: Hans Salter
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey
Actor: James Mason
Actor: Joan Bennett
Actor: Geraldine Brooks
Actor: Henry O'Neill
Actor: Shepperd Strudwick
Actor: David Bair
Actor: Roy Roberts