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Writers:
James M. Cain (novel)
Matt Cimber (adaptation) ...
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Release Date:
5 February 1982 (USA) more
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Tagline:
From the author who gave you "The Postman Always Rings Twice"..."Double Indemnity"..."Mildred Pierce" ...Now, his most powerful and daring love story comes to the screen! more
Plot:
Orson Welles, as judge Rauch, holds a lengthy trial against Jess Tyler, a caretaker deserted by his wife ten years before... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations more
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Cast

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Stacy Keach ... Jess Tyler

Pia Zadora ... Kady Tyler

Orson Welles ... Judge Rauch
Lois Nettleton ... Belle Morgan

Edward Albert ... Wash Gillespie
James Franciscus ... Moke Blue
Stuart Whitman ... Rev. Rivers
June Lockhart ... Mrs. Helen Gillespie

Ed McMahon ... Mr. Gillespie
Paul Hampton ... Norton

George 'Buck' Flower ... Ed Lamey (as Buck Flower)
Ann Dane ... Janey Tyler
Greg Gault ... Bridger
John O'Conner White ... Billy Roy

Peter Jason ... Allen
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Runtime:
107 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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Soundtrack:
IT'S WRONG FOR ME TO LOVE YOU more

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This film plays more like a foreign film., 23 December 2003
Author: Lynn Fero from Los Angeles, CA

Featuring an outstanding Orson Welles in his last performance on camera, this is an interesting story with a very good twist in the end. Rex Reed loved this film when it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, you have to give it a chance, and you'll see one of the sexiest bathtub scenes ever put on film!

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