"Their Love was a Flame that Destroyed!"

1946

1h 53m

7.0(352 votes)

Drama

Romance

Crime

Thriller

Overview

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

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Cast & Crew

49 members

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John Garfield

Frank Chambers

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Lana Turner

Cora Smith

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Cecil Kellaway

Nick Smith

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Hume Cronyn

Arthur Keats

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Leon Ames

Kyle Sackett

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Audrey Totter

Madge Gorland

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Alan Reed

Ezra Liam Kennedy

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Jeff York

Blair

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Philip Ahlm

Photographer (uncredited)

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John Alban

Photographer (uncredited)

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Don Anderson

Orderly Pushing Wheelchair (uncredited)

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Morris Ankrum

Judge (uncredited)

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King Baggot

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Betty Blythe

Customer (uncredited)

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Paul Bradley

Man (uncredited)

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Wally Cassell

Ben (uncredited)

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Jack Chefe

Headwaiter (uncredited)

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Dick Crockett

Reporter (uncredited)

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Oliver Cross

Man (uncredited)

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James Darrell

Reporter (uncredited)

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Tom Dillon

Father McConnell (uncredited)

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Edward Earle

Doctor (uncredited)

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Jim Farley

Warden (uncredited)

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Byron Foulger

Picnic Manager (uncredited)

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Joel Friedkin

John X. McHugh (uncredited)

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A. Cameron Grant

Willie (uncredited)

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Robert Haines

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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William Halligan

Judge (uncredited)

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Bud Harrison

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Paul Kruger

Officer (uncredited)

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Frank Mayo

Bailiff (uncredited)

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Helen McLeod

Customer (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Photographer (uncredited)

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Howard M. Mitchell

Doctor (uncredited)

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Sandra Morgan

Matron (uncredited)

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George Noisom

Telegraph Messenger (uncredited)

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Garry Owen

Truck Driver (uncredited)

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Dorothy Phillips

Nurse (uncredited)

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Dan Quigg

Man (uncredited)

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Virginia L. Randolph

Snooty Woman (uncredited)

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Paula Ray

Woman (uncredited)

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Hilda Rhodes

Customer (uncredited)

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Walter Ridge

Reporter (uncredited)

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Jeffrey Sayre

Reporter (uncredited)

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Edgar Sherrod

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Reginald Simpson

Photographer (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Officer (uncredited)

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John M. Sullivan

Doctor (uncredited)

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Charles Williams

Doctor (uncredited)

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