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Release Date:
14 March 1955 (Sweden) moreTagline:
An electrifying drama about a predatory female! morePlot:
A married Broadway producer is taken with an innocent young woman who wants to be a writer and make it on Broadway... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Well-acted, well-upholstered soap opera/murder mystery... moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Ginger Rogers | ... | 'Lottie' Marin |
 | Van Heflin | ... | Peter Denver |
 | Gene Tierney | ... | Iris Denver |
 | George Raft | ... | Detective Lt. C.A.Bruce |
 | Peggy Ann Garner | ... | 'Nanny' Ordway |
| Reginald Gardiner | ... | Brian Mullen |
| Virginia Leith | ... | Claire Amberly |
 | Otto Kruger | ... | Gordon Ling |
| Cathleen Nesbitt | ... | Lucia Colletti |
| Skip Homeier | ... | John Amberly |
| Hilda Simms | ... | Anne |
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95 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
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2.55 : 1 moreSound Mix:
4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording)Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USAMOVIEmeter: 
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Van Heflin gives a striking, forceful performance as a theatrical producer in New York City who befriends a lonely 20-year-old girl at a party; she's a would-be writer hoping for success, he takes a shine to her and offers a helping hand...but then she turns up dead! Curiously mistitled drama really doesn't involve "a predatory female". Peggy Ann Garner is intriguing as the youngster who, in flashbacks, is revealed to be scheming and ambitious, somewhat ruthless, but not a black widow. Gene Tierney has a thankless role as Heflin's wife (she looks grim throughout), but Ginger Rogers is fun as a colorful, gossiping actress. The film has some ridiculous passages, red herrings and side-plots (one involving another young woman who appears to be fabricating a wild story just to frame Heflin is never explored), and a slightly anti-climactic finish. The film looks good and has some funny/catty lines in the beginning, but in the end it all seems a bit silly. **1/2 from ****