Directed by:
John BerryScreenplay:
Allen RivkinCinematography:
Harry Stradling Sr.Composer:
André PrevinCast:
Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan, William Conrad, Ann Sothern, Peter Brocco, Lloyd Gough, Ray Bennett, Stephen Roberts (more)Plots(1)
A mousy drugstore manager turns killer after his conniving wife leaves him for another man. He devises a complex plan, which involves assuming a new identity, to make it look like someone else murdered her new boyfriend. Things take an unexpected turn when someone else commits the murder first and he becomes the prime suspect. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Richard Basehart
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
The Road (1954)
Moby Dick (1956)
Audrey Totter
USA
Best movies:
The Set-Up (1949)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Cyd Charisse
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
Barry Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
William Conrad
USA
Best movies:
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
How the West Was Won (1976) (series)
Arch of Triumph (1948)
Ann Sothern
USA
Best movies:
Crazy Mama (1975)
The Best Man (1964)
Footlight Parade (1933)
Peter Brocco
USA
Best movies:
Vol au-dessus d'un nid de coucou (1975)
Papillon (1973)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Lloyd Gough
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Storm Warning (1951)
Funny Girl (1968)
Ray Bennett
USA
Best movies:
White Heat (1949)
Giant (1956)
Ride Clear of Diablo (1954)
Stephen Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Miracle of Fatima (1952)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Bernadette (1943)
Virginia Brissac
USA
Best movies:
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
The Little Foxes (1941)
John Indrisano
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Barefoot in the Park (1967)
John Gallaudet
USA
Best movies:
In Cold Blood (1967)
Pickup on South Street (1953)
Birth of the Blues (1941)
Philip Van Zandt
Netherlands
Best movies:
Citizen Kane (1941)
Gilda (1946)
Life with Father (1947)
Tom D'Andrea
USA
Best movies:
Silver River (1948)
Dark Passage (1947)
Humoresque (1946)
Theresa Harris
USA
Best movies:
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Jezebel (1938)
Out of the Past (1947)
Carl Sklover
Russian Empire
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Brute Force (1947)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
Bert Davidson
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Adam's Rib (1949)
Three Little Words (1950)