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The Unfaithful

- It's So Easy to Cry 'SHAME'!

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.

Release Date : 1947-07-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Ann Sheridan

Character Name : Christine Hunter

Original Name : Ann Sheridan

Gender : Female

Lew Ayres

Character Name : Larry Hannaford

Original Name : Lew Ayres

Gender : Male

Zachary Scott

Character Name : Bob Hunter

Original Name : Zachary Scott

Gender : Male

Eve Arden

Character Name : Paula

Original Name : Eve Arden

Gender : Female

Jerome Cowan

Character Name : Prosecuting Attorney

Original Name : Jerome Cowan

Gender : Male

Steven Geray

Character Name : Martin Barrow

Original Name : Steven Geray

Gender : Male

John Hoyt

Character Name : Det. Lt. Reynolds

Original Name : John Hoyt

Gender : Male

Peggy Knudsen

Character Name : Claire

Original Name : Peggy Knudsen

Gender : Female

Marta Mitrovich

Character Name : Mrs. Tanner

Original Name : Marta Mitrovich

Gender : Male

Douglas Kennedy

Character Name : Roger

Original Name : Douglas Kennedy

Gender : Male

Claire Meade

Character Name : Martha

Original Name : Claire Meade

Gender : Male

Frances Morris

Character Name : Agnes

Original Name : Frances Morris

Gender : Female

Jane Harker

Character Name : Joan

Original Name : Jane Harker

Gender : Female

Mary Field

Character Name : Miss Bryar

Original Name : Mary Field

Gender : Female

Ray Montgomery

Character Name : Ray

Original Name : Ray Montgomery

Gender : Male

Eve Whitney

Character Name : Young Woman

Original Name : Eve Whitney

Gender : Female

Ellen Corby

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator

Original Name : Ellen Corby

Gender : Female

Bob Alden

Character Name : Newsboy in Montage

Original Name : Bob Alden

Gender : Male

Lois Austin

Character Name : Middle-Aged Woman

Original Name : Lois Austin

Gender : Female

Brooks Benedict

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Brooks Benedict

Gender : Male

Monte Blue

Character Name : Businessman with Hunter

Original Name : Monte Blue

Gender : Male

Chet Brandenburg

Character Name : Bailiff

Original Name : Chet Brandenburg

Gender : Male

Ralph Brooks

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Ralph Brooks

Gender : Male

Dorothy Christy

Character Name : Mrs. Freedley

Original Name : Dorothy Christy

Gender : Female

Tris Coffin

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Tris Coffin

Gender : Male

Heinie Conklin

Character Name : Streetcar Passenger

Original Name : Heinie Conklin

Gender : Male

Jean De Briac

Character Name : Jean, Maitre D'

Original Name : Jean De Briac

Gender : Male

Sayre Dearing

Character Name : Juror

Original Name : Sayre Dearing

Gender : Male

Jay Eaton

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Jay Eaton

Gender : Male

John Elliott

Character Name : Judge Edward R. McVey

Original Name : John Elliott

Gender : Male

Maude Fealy

Character Name : Old Maid in Montage

Original Name : Maude Fealy

Gender : Female

Ross Ford

Character Name : Young Man

Original Name : Ross Ford

Gender : Male

Robert Haines

Character Name : Juror

Original Name : Robert Haines

Gender : Male

Carey Harrison

Character Name : Seedy Man in Montage

Original Name : Carey Harrison

Gender : Male

George Hickman

Character Name : Newsboy in Montage

Original Name : George Hickman

Gender : Male

Betty Hill

Character Name : Reporter in Montage

Original Name : Betty Hill

Gender : Male

Charles Jordan

Character Name : George, Doorman

Original Name : Charles Jordan

Gender : Male

Fred Kelsey

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator

Original Name : Fred Kelsey

Gender : Male

Kenner G. Kemp

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Kenner G. Kemp

Gender : Male

Bob Lowell

Character Name : Reporter in Montage

Original Name : Bob Lowell

Gender : Male

Charles Marsh

Character Name : Reporter on Telephone

Original Name : Charles Marsh

Gender : Male

Philo McCullough

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Philo McCullough

Gender : Male

Harold Miller

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Harold Miller

Gender : Male

Ray Montgomery

Character Name : Ray, Hunter's Assistant

Original Name : Ray Montgomery

Gender : Male

Jack Mower

Character Name : Morrie, Plainclothesman

Original Name : Jack Mower

Gender : Male

Sol Murgi

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator

Original Name : Sol Murgi

Gender : Male

Paul Panzer

Character Name : Courtroom Spectator

Original Name : Paul Panzer

Gender : Male

Waclaw Rekwart

Character Name : Party Guest

Original Name : Waclaw Rekwart

Gender : Male

John Vosper

Character Name : Man in Montage

Original Name : John Vosper

Gender : Male

Richard Walsh

Character Name : Reporter

Original Name : Richard Walsh

Gender : Male

Leo White

Character Name : Spectator Arriving at Courtroom

Original Name : Leo White

Gender : Male

Eric Wilton

Character Name : Restaurant Waiter

Original Name : Eric Wilton

Gender : Male

Joan Winfield

Character Name : Bill Girl

Original Name : Joan Winfield

Gender : Female

Clifton Young

Character Name : Charlie (Voice)

Original Name : Clifton Young

Gender : Male

Reviews

J

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

The Statue. The Unfaithful is directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Dave Goodis and James Gunn. It's based around the 1929 play, The Letter, by W. Somerset Maugham. It stars Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray and John Hoyt. Music is by Max Steiner and cinematography by Ernest Haller. When a Los Angeles socialite kills a man while home alone one night it appears to be a simple case of self defence.... Maugham's play written source of 1929 had already been adapted in 1931 and 1940, the latter the most grandiose version with Bette Davis starring and William Wyler directing. So wisely, Vincent Sherman and his team rework the principle to a modern day city, with modern day social awareness and a whole different macguffin. It's a tricky blend of murder mystery and domestic melodrama dressed up occasional film noir garb, and yet for although it's hardly riveting viewing - with a hopelessly safe finale, there's rich characterisations and enough honest intention on the page to keep you on side. In the first instance pic is concerned with the mystery element, the big question of if Chris Hunter (Sheridan) did in fact kill in self defence. The crime itself is superbly staged by Sherman (All Through the Night) and Haller (Mildred Pierce). A house at night lit by lamplight, a woman entering her front door is submerged by an approaching shadow, a scuffle moves into the house and we the viewers witness the rest via jostling silhouettes. It's a nifty show of a visual flourish that sadly has you wishing there was a more consistent commitment to the mise en scène throughout rest of the piece. Then the story throws a spanner in the works, excitingly so, for all is not as it seems. Adultery, blackmail, deceit, murder? Can it be true? But again, one has to be disappointed that these themes - ripe for noir dalliances - are not covered with dark tints. Because instead the pic chooses to go for domestic disharmony, even becoming a message movie - where as honourable as that is in the context of the era it was made, it loses all of its dramatic worth. This is the nearly very good under seen crime/noir picture... For all that, there's good craft here, with performances to match, notably a wonderfully waspish Arden. And in going the way they did for the finale, it would be churlish to decry it its hopeful hopefulness. So as Steiner weaves his musical swirls, and Haller brightens the gloom, hope does indeed spring eternal. 6.5/10