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A Woman's Vengeance

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Wikipedia article




and Russell Metty (cinematographer) on the set.

'A Woman's Vengeance' is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltn Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Rachel Kempson, and Mildred Natwick. The screenplay by Aldous Huxley was based on his 1922 short story "The Gioconda Smile". The film was released by Universal-International.

Plot



Henry Maurier rebounds from the death of wife Emily by marrying a much younger woman, Doris, upsetting another woman, Janet, who is in love with him. Suspicions grow that Henry might have hurried along his wife's death with poison, until eventually he finds himself condemned to death for a murder he didn't commit.

Cast



* Charles Boyer as Henry Maurier

* Ann Blyth as Doris Mead

* Jessica Tandy as Janet Spence

* Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. James Libbard

* Mildred Natwick as Nurse Caroline Braddock

* Cecil Humphreys as General Spence

* Hugh French as Robert Lester

* Rachel Kempson as Emily Maurier

* Valerie Cardew as Clara

* Carl Harbord as Leslie Blake

* John Williams as Prosecuting Counsel

* Leyland Hodgson as First Warder

* Ola Lorraine as Malsey

* Harry Cording as Chauffeur McNabb

Radio adaptation



'A Woman's Vengeance' was presented on 'Lux Radio Theatre' March 22, 1948. Boyer and Blyth reprised their original roles in the adaptation.

References




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