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| Wives Under Suspicion | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster by Karoly Grosz | |
| Directed by | James Whale |
| Screenplay by | Myles Connolly |
| Based on | The Kiss Before the Mirror by Ladislas Fodor |
| Produced by | Edmund Grainger |
| Starring | Warren William Gail Patrick |
| Cinematography | George Robinson |
| Edited by | Charles Maynard |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Production company | Universal Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $205,000 |
Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 American crime film based on a 1932 Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the film, The Kiss Before the Mirror. This version was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore. It released by Universal Pictures. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
Plot
A district attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) realizes that his own wife (Gail Patrick) might be having an affair while he is prosecuting a cuckolded murderer.
Cast
- Warren William as District Attorney Jim Stowell
- Gail Patrick as Lucy Stowell
- Ralph Morgan as Professor Shaw MacAllen
- William Lundigan as Phil
- Constance Moore as Elizabeth
- Cecil Cunningham as "Sharpy"
- Jonathan Hale as Dan Allison
- Lillian Yarbo as Creola
- Milburn Stone as Eddie Kirk
- J. Anthony Hughes as Murphy
- Samuel S. Hinds as David Marrow
- Edward LeSaint as Judge (uncredited)
Earlier version
Wives Under Suspicion is a remake of a film also directed by Whale, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). Ralph Morgan, brother of Frank Morgan, who plays the prosecutor in The Kiss Before the Mirror, appears in the remake.
References
- Rebello, Stephen; Allen, Richard C. (1988). Reel Art: Great Posters from the Golden Age of the Silver Screen. New York: Abbeville Pres. p. 325. ISBN 0-89659-869-1.
- Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 116. ISBN 9780813158891.
- Pierce, David (June 2007). "Forgotten Faces: Why Some of Our Cinema Heritage Is Part of the Public Domain". Film History: An International Journal. 19 (2): 125–43. doi:10.2979/FIL.2007.19.2.125. ISSN 0892-2160. JSTOR 25165419. OCLC 15122313. S2CID 191633078.
External links
- Wives Under Suspicion at IMDb
- Wives Under Suspicion is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
- Wives Under Suspicion at the TCM Movie Database
- Wives Under Suspicion at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- Wives Under Suspicion on YouTube
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