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A Woman's Vengeance

A Woman's Vengeance

1948Movie⏱️ 1h 36mApproved
DramaFilm-NoirMystery
6.8
IMDB Rating
1,079 votes

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

Director
Zoltan Korda
Writers
N/A
Stars
Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy
Release Date
May 14, 1948
Language
English, French
Country
United States
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Wins
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
as Henry Maurier
Ann Blyth
Ann Blyth
as Doris Mead
Jessica Tandy
Jessica Tandy
as Janet Spence
Cedric Hardwicke
Cedric Hardwicke
as Dr. James Libbard
Mildred Natwick
Mildred Natwick
as Nurse Caroline Braddock
Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys
as General Spence
Hugh French
Hugh French
as Robert Lester
Rachel Kempson
Rachel Kempson
as Emily Maurier
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Valerie Cardew
as Clara
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Carl Harbord
as Leslie Blake

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
Production
Universal International Pictures (UI)

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

Film NoirDramaMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Not Such A Bad Boyer
by Lejink2023-03-16
7/10

"The obvious movie title here rather negates the initial whodunit mystery of who really killed, if indeed she was killed, the troubled invalid wife, Rachel Kempson, of philandering country gentleman, Charles Boyer. It could have been suicide, maybe it was the wife's devoted but jealous, approaching middle-age friend Jessica Tandy or even the waspish nurse Mildred Gatwick but soon enough the fickle finger of blame points squarely at Boyer, who we learn, has motives for murder coming out of his ears. Firstly, he plainly doesn't love his wife, secondly, he's cutting about with his a..."

💡 Did You Know?

Henry Maurier quotes from Wordsworth's 'Ode to Duty' (published 1807): "Stern daughter of the Voice of God"

📖 Synopsis

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.