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The Suspect

The Suspect

6.7/10 TMDB1944Crime85 minutes

His Was a Strange Secret, Hers Was a Strange Love

Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

CH
Charles Laughton
Philip Marshall
HE
Henry Daniell
Mr. Simmons
EL
Ella Raines
Mary Gray
LI
Lillian Bronson
Miss Crevy (uncredited)
MO
Molly Lamont
Mrs. Simmons
DE
Dean Harens
John Marshall
ED
Edgar Norton
Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
JI
Jimmy Aubrey
Pogson (uncredited)
VE
Vera Lewis
Hannah Barlow (uncredited)
ST
Stanley Ridges
Inspector Huxley
TO
Tommy Cook
Child Violinist (uncredited)
MA
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Packer

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CrimeDramaThriller
85 minutes
English
United States of America
December 22, 1944

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