The Suspect is a 1944 film noir set in Victorian times. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Culture The Victorian fascination with novelty resulted in a deep interest in the relationship between modernity and cultural continuities It is based on the novel This Way Out, by James Ronald.
Directed by Robert Siodmak and released by Universal Pictures, it tells the story of Philip Marshall (Charles Laughton), a kind but henpecked bank teller who strikes up an innocent friendship with a young stenographer (played by Ella Raines). Robert Siodmak ( August 8, 1900 - March 10, 1973) was a German born American Film director. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American Charles Laughton ( 1 July, 1899 &ndash 15 December, 1962) was an English Academy Award -winning stage and Ella Raines ( August 6, 1920 &ndash May 30, 1988) was an American actress. He gradually finds himself falling in love with her, but keeps the relationship platonic. His wife Cora (Rosalind Ivan), who has also alieniated their son with her shrewish ways, suspects the worst and threatens a scandal, driving the exasperated Marshall to murder Cora and make the death appear to be an accident. Rosalind Ivan ( November 27, 1880 - April 6, 1959) was a stage and film character actress However, a Scotland Yard inspector (Stanley Ridges) shows up suspecting the truth, but is unable to prove anything. Stanley Ridges ( July 17 1890 - April 22 1951) was a British-born American actor who made his mark in films by playing a wide assortment of character A neighbor (Henry Daniell), also suspecting murder, blackmails Marshall, and is also killed by him for his efforts. Henry Daniell ( March 5, 1894, London, England – October 31, 1963, Santa Monica When the Inspector hears of the second murder, he sets a trap, the success of which will depend on Marshall's innate decency, which, the inspector believes, he has never lost.
The Suspect was dramatized again for television, in 1955. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) The TV version was shown on Lux Video Theatre, and starred Robert Newton. Lux Video Theatre is a weekly Television Anthology series, produced from 1950 until 1959 Robert Newton ( June 1 1905 – March 25 1956) was a noted English stage and film Actor.
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