Wives Under Suspicion (1938)

Director:

James Whale

Writers:

Ladislas Fodor (play)
Myles Connolly (screenplay)

Release Date:

3 June 1938 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

A prosecutor trying a case where a husband shot his adulterous wife begins to suspect that his own wife is having an affair, and starts to have his own thoughts about killing her. |

Plot Keywords:

Warden | Trial | Transformation | Student | Secretary

Cast

Warren William	...	District Attorney Jim Stowell
Gail Patrick	...	Lucy Stowell
Constance Moore	...	Elizabeth
William Lundigan	...	Phil
Ralph Morgan	...	Professor Shaw MacAllen
Cecil Cunningham	...	'Sharpy'
Samuel S. Hinds	...	David Marrow
Milburn Stone	...	Eddie Kirk
Lillian Yarbo	...	Creola
Jonathan Hale	...	Dan Allison

Runtime:

69 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Certification:

Canada:G (Ontario) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | USA:Approved (PCA #4245)

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Ladislas Fodor's play opened in Vienna, Austria, during September 1932.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933)

Decent

Wives Under Suspicion (1938)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

A tough as nails D.A. (William Warren) is seeking the death penalty on a man charged with killing his wife after catching her cheating. The D.A. refuses to see any other side of the story under he begins to think his own wife is cheating. This is the first non-horror film from director James Whale that I've seen and while it isn't too bad I'm certainly thankful he stayed in the horror genre. Warren gives a good performance but the story is rather flat and way too overly dramatic to be too interesting. This was a remake of the 1933 film The Kiss Before the Mirror also directed by Whale.