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Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Fred Clark ... see more see more... , Hurd Hatfield , Ted North , Harry Lewis , Jack Lambert , Ray Walker , Nana Bryant , Walter S. Baldwin , Jean Andren , Jack Cheatham , Martha Crawford , Bunty Cutler , George Eldredge , Ross Ford , Arthur Gilmore , Douglas Kennedy , David Leonard , Rory Mallinson , George Meader , Ray Montgomery , Lucille Vance , Richard Walsh , Ed Parks , Hal Craig , Bob Alden , Eleanor Counts , Allan Ray , Wendy Lee , Joleen King , Faith Kruger , Harriet Matthews , Cecil Stewart , Barbara Woodell

Director Michael Curtiz masterfully tells the fictional story of radio host Alexander Grandison (Claude Rains) as derived from a novel by Charlotte Armstrong. Grandison spookily recites murder mysteri... read more read more...es on his radio show, with intimate and excruciating details. The reason he's so good and popular is that some of the murders he presents really are his own. He kills one of his female workers, but her fiancée, Steven Francis Howard (Michael North), threatens to take revenge for her death. Howard tries to convince Grandison's niece, Matilda Frazier (Joan Caulfield), that he is her long-lost husband. Much mystery and intrigue follows. ~ Michael Betzold, Rovi

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G, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Release Date: October 3, 1947

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  • jam233
    March 22, 2010
    jam233
    71/100. Solid film-noir with Claude Rains delivering his usual stellar performance. Good mystery with stylish and effective cinematography. Audrey Totter gives a great supporting performance, in a role typical of her in the late 1940's. The entire cast is fine. Very entertaining.
  • wilmothoudini
    March 25, 2009
    wilmothoudini
    Enjoyable, lesser known Michael Curtiz film. Lots of characters in the supporting cast and fair amount of suspense. Far-fetched for sure, using a murder plot later borrowed for the comedy Unfaithfully Yours, as well as the fact that if everything had gone to plan the body coun... read moret alone would seem a bit incriminating. Lots of noir shadowplay, a nod to Laura, and some "interesting" fashions on Caulfield, Totter and Bennett.

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Dennis Schwartz
March 1, 2005
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Directed in a grand expressionist style by Michael Curtiz. Full Review

Bosley Crowther
March 25, 2006
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Geoff Andrew
February 9, 2006
Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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March 5, 2005
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