La maltratada (1949)
Merl Kramer trabaja como taquígrafa para un psiquiatra. La joven se está viendo con Karl Benson, un detective privado y ex policía. Merle menciona de pasada que uno de los pacientes de su jefe es un escritor que tiene sueños recurrentes en los que asesina a su esposa, quien es dueña de una valiosa colección de joyas. Cuando la esposa del escritor es hallada muerta de manera idéntica a la del sueño de su marido, éste se convierte en el primer sospechoso. Pero a medida que avanza la investigación de la policía y de Joe Cooper, el investigador de la compañía aseguradora de las joyas, varias personas se irán incorporando al círculo de sospechosos, incluida la propia Merl...
Directora:
Lewis R. Foster
Escritores:
Whitman Chambers, Lewis R. Foster.
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Dorothy Lamour as Merl Kramer |
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Sterling Hayden as Joe Cooper |
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Dan Duryea as Karl Benson |
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Irene Hervey as Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet |
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Phillip Reed as Guy Bayard |
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Harold Vermilyea as Dr. Redman |
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Alan Napier as Alton Bennet |
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Art Smith as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson |
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Irving Bacon as Sgt. Fayle |
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George Humbert as Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited) |
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Keye Luke as Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited) |
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Maidie Norman as Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited) |
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Ian Wolfe as Charlie, a Fence (uncredited) |
| Production | William H. Pine | Producer |
| Camera | Ernest Laszlo | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Lewis R. Foster | Director |
| Production | William C. Thomas | Producer |
| Editing | Howard A. Smith | Editor |
| Writing | L.S. Goldsmith | Novel |
| Sound | Darrell Calker | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Odette Myrtil | Costume Designer |
| Writing | Whitman Chambers | Screenplay |
| Art | Alfred Kegerris | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Lewis R. Foster | Screenplay |
| Art | Lewis H. Creber | Art Direction |
| Sound | David Chudnow | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | William R. Fox | Sound Recordist |
| Camera | Ed Henderson | Still Photographer |
