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They Won't Believe Me

- He lived a lie that led him from one disastrous love to another!

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Release Date : 1947-07-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : RKO Radio Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Larry Ballentine

Original Name : Robert Young

Gender : Male

Character Name : Verna Carlson

Original Name : Susan Hayward

Gender : Female

Character Name : Janice Bell

Original Name : Jane Greer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Greta Ballentine

Original Name : Rita Johnson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Trenton

Original Name : Tom Powers

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lieutenant Carr

Original Name : George Tyne

Gender : Male

Character Name : Thomason

Original Name : Don Beddoe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr. Cahill

Original Name : Frank Ferguson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Judge Charles Fletcher

Original Name : Harry Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry Bascombe (uncredited)

Original Name : Byron Foulger

Gender : Male

Character Name : Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)

Original Name : Lillian Bronson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Susan Haines (uncredited)

Original Name : Janet Shaw

Gender : Female

Character Name : Miss Jorday (uncredited)

Original Name : Lovyss Bradley

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : John Alban

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jean Andren

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Polly Bailey

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Brooks Benedict

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Nina Borget

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Chet Brandenburg

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ivan Browning

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Steve Carruthers

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Anthony Caruso

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : James Conaty

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ellen Corby

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Anne Cornwall

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry D'Arcy

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Helen Dickson

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Dot Farley

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Franklyn Farnum

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lee Frederick

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Gargan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William Gillespie

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Sol Gorss

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Wilton Graff

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Fred Graham

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert Haines

Gender : Male

Character Name : Theatre Patron (uncredited)

Original Name : Stuart Hall

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Herbert Heywood

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Carl Kent

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Perc Launders

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bert LeBaron

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bertha Ledbetter

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Paul Maxey

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mathew McCue

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Matt McHugh

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Morrell

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : William J. O'Brien

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Netta Packer

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Milton Parsons

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Pepper

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Frank Pharr

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Lee Phelps

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Irving Pichel

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Catherine Price

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Jack Rice

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Suzanne Ridgway

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Albin Robeling

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Hector V. Sarno

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Sherwood

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bert Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Harry Strang

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Denny Sullivan

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Irene Tedrow

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Bob Thom

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Elena Warren

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Martin Wilkins

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bud Wolfe

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Buck Woods

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gus

Original Name : Charles Flynn

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Touched by the hand of God/Satan. They Won't Believe Me is directed by Irving Pichel and adapted to screenplay by Jonathan Latimer from a story by Gordon McDonell. It stars Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer and Rita Johnson. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Harry J. Wild. Larry Ballentine (Young) is on trial for murder and he tells his story in flashback. Three dames and fate does not a good mix make. "She looked like a very special kind of dynamite, neatly wrapped in nylon and silk. Only I wasn't having any. I'd been too close to one explosion already. I was powder shy". A splendid slice of noir drama is put together by a group of film makers who knew how to make the noir style of film making work. The story has all the requisite ingredients to lure the interested viewers in, twists and turns, vipers and snipers, dialogue so sharp you could cut a steak with it, and a love rat protagonist (Young splendid in a break from his normal roles) being toyed with by Old Noir Nick and his friend The Fate. In true noir tradition the plot is a little "out there", the middle section drags at times, while Harry Wild's cinematography doesn't kick in till a good hour into the play (worth the wait though!). But this is a little noir treasure waiting to be seen by more people. It's not unknown, the cast list ensures that is not the case, but in film noir circles it doesn't often crop up for discussion. It should, for it's tricky and devilish and pays off with a finale straight out of noirville. 8/10

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

Decent, if not also a bit slow, film noir crime-drama, features some fine performances by Robert Young and Susan Hayward. Had fun with the numerous amounts of irony including ending. Should also note this is the original 95-minute version, seen on home video for the first time in 20 years (re-issue version was only 80-minutes). **3.5/5**