The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Robert Siodmak

Writers:

Marty Holland (story)
Ketti Frings (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 January 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery

Tagline:

"I'm no good for any man for any longer than a kiss!"

Plot:

Thelma Jordon is in love with a jewel thief, Tony Laredo, and he persuades her to go live with her rich aunt...

Plot Keywords:

District Attorney | Acquittal | Affair | Jury Foreman | Mother Daughter Relationship

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck	...	Thelma Jordon
Wendell Corey	...	Cleve Marshall
Paul Kelly	...	Miles Scott
Joan Tetzel	...	Pamela Blackwell Marshall
Stanley Ridges	...	Kingsley Willis
Richard Rober	...	Tony Laredo
Minor Watson	...	Honorable Calvin H. Blackwell
Barry Kelley	...	District Attorney William Pierce
Kasey Rogers	...	Dolly - Cleve's Secretary (as Laura Elliot)
Basil Ruysdael	...	Judge Jonathan David Hancock
Jane Novak	...	Mrs. Blackwell
Gertrude Hoffman	...	Aunt Vera Edwards (as Gertrude W. Hoffman)
Harry Antrim	...	Sidney
Kate Drain Lawson	...	Clara (as Kate Lawson)
Theresa Harris	...	Esther

Also Known As:

Thelma Jordon

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Certification:

USA:Approved (PCA #13725) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles County Jail, Culver City, California, USA

Company:

Hal Wallis Productions

Trivia:

The children acting as Wendell Corey's children in the film are actually his real-life children.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Drive-in Movie Memories (2001)

Very Good movie with the Film-Noir lady Barbara Stanwyck.

If you like film-noirs this one is for you. This is one of the most entertaining film-noirs I have ever seen, and I am a big fan of this kind of movies. I am surprised this film is not very well known, this is an underrated one and it should have a higher score too.

The performances of the leadings Barbara Stanwyck and Wendell Corey are very good. The plot is entertaining, smart and interesting, the supporting cast is good too. The film begins like a kind of entertaining drama & romantic-comedy movie to change at the middle to a very good film-noir. This movie will remind you a little bit "Double Indemnity (1944)" for some similarities in the plot. There is a great scene involving the already dead aunt that is a pleasure to watch for its suspense.

Cleve Marshall is a married Assistant district attorney who is having problems with his wife and falls in love with the mysterious Thelma Jordon who is the niece of a rich old lady, when the aunt is murdered everything point that Thelma is guilty then Cleve will do everything to save her ........

I recommend watching this movie. This is a must see for every film-noir fan

8 stars = very good