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The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)
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26 December 1950 (USA) morePlot:
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
film noir the most misused tag in films moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lee J. Cobb | ... | Police Lt. Ed Cullen |
 | Jane Wyatt | ... | Lois Frazer |
| John Dall | ... | Andy Cullen |
| Lisa Howard | ... | Janet Cullen |
| Harlan Warde | ... | Howard Frazer |
| Tito Vuolo | ... | Pietro Capa |
| Charles Arnt | ... | Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnt) |
| Marjorie Bennett | ... | Mrs. Muriel Quimby |
| Alan Wells | ... | Nito Capa |
 | Mimi Aguglia | ... | Mrs. Capa |
| Bud Wolfe | ... | Officer Blair |
| Morgan Farley | ... | Rushton, ballistics man |
| Howard Negley | ... | Detective Olson |
| William Gould | ... | Doc Munson, medical examiner |
| Art Millan | ... | United Airlines Clerk |
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1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Sweden:15Fun Stuff
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Andy Cullen: [trying to understand his brother's involvement in the killing] Why? Why?Police Lt. Ed Cullen: You said it once, "Under the skin."
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This is another of the many B minus movies tagged as film noir in the hope of generating some interest in something that is devoid of it. All aspects of the film - script, acting, direction - are mediocre. The acting by the three leads is wooden. I guess John Dall was expected to go places in the movie business but then someone realised he had little talent and therefore ended up doing TV work. Lee J Cobb who is usually terrific cannot rise above the poor script and poor direction. Jane Wyatt is supposed to be a femme fatale but comes nowhere near convincing the viewers. The movie does have two of the strangest looking cars that I have ever seen, the one in which John Dall goes after Lee J Cobb is particularly strange. The DVD transfer is typical Alpha.