They Won't Believe Me

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They Won't Believe Me

"He lived a lie that led him from one disastrous love to another!"

1947

1h 35m

6.6(44 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

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69 members

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Robert Young

Larry Ballentine

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Susan Hayward

Verna Carlson

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Jane Greer

Janice Bell

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Rita Johnson

Greta Ballentine

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Tom Powers

Trenton

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George Tyne

Lieutenant Carr

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Don Beddoe

Thomason

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Frank Ferguson

Mr. Cahill

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Harry Harvey

Judge Charles Fletcher

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Byron Foulger

Henry Bascombe (uncredited)

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Lillian Bronson

Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)

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Janet Shaw

Susan Haines (uncredited)

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Lovyss Bradley

Miss Jorday (uncredited)

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John Alban

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Jean Andren

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Polly Bailey

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Brooks Benedict

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Nina Borget

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Chet Brandenburg

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Ivan Browning

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Steve Carruthers

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Anthony Caruso

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James Conaty

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Ellen Corby

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Anne Cornwall

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Harry D'Arcy

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Helen Dickson

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Dot Farley

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Franklyn Farnum

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Lee Frederick

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Jack Gargan

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William Gillespie

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Sol Gorss

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Wilton Graff

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Fred Graham

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Robert Haines

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Stuart Hall

Theatre Patron (uncredited)

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Herbert Heywood

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Carl Kent

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Perc Launders

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Bert LeBaron

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Bertha Ledbetter

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Paul Maxey

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Mathew McCue

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Matt McHugh

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George Morrell

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William J. O'Brien

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Netta Packer

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Milton Parsons

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Bob Pepper

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Frank Pharr

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Lee Phelps

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Irving Pichel

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Catherine Price

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Jack Rice

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Suzanne Ridgway

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Albin Robeling

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Hector V. Sarno

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George Sherwood

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Bert Stevens

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Harry Strang

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Denny Sullivan

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Irene Tedrow

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Bob Thom

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Elena Warren

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Martin Wilkins

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Bud Wolfe

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Buck Woods

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Charles Flynn

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