"...SHE'LL LIE...KILL OR KISS HER WAY OUT OF ANYTHING!"

1949

1h 40m

6.6(62 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Crime

Overview

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.

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70 members

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Barbara Stanwyck

Thelma Jordon

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Wendell Corey

Cleve Marshall

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Paul Kelly

Miles Scott

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Joan Tetzel

Pamela Blackwell Marshall

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Stanley Ridges

Kingsley Willis

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Richard Rober

Tony Laredo

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Minor Watson

Judge Calvin H. Blackwell

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Barry Kelley

District Attorney William Pierce

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Kasey Rogers

Dolly - Cleve's Secretary

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Basil Ruysdael

Judge Jonathan David Hancock

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Jane Novak

Mrs. Blackwell

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Gertrude Hoffmann

Aunt Vera Edwards

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Harry Antrim

Sidney

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Kate Drain Lawson

Clara

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Theresa Harris

Esther

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Byron Barr

McCary

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Geraldine Wall

Matron

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Jonathan Corey

Timmy Marshall

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Robin Corey

Joan Marshall

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Bess Flowers

Dinner Party Guest (Uncredited)

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Nick Cravat

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Eric Alden

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Gertrude Astor

Juror (Uncredited)

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Rodney Bell

Withers (Uncredited)

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Eddie Borden

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Ethel Bryant

Deputy (Uncredited)

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Clancy Cooper

Chase (Uncredited)

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John Cortay

Deputy Sheriff (Uncredited)

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Jim Davies

Bailiff (Uncredited)

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Helen Dickson

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Dot Farley

Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Franklyn Farnum

Grand Juryman / Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Mary Gordon

Charwoman (Uncredited)

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William Hamel

Newsman (Uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Lew Harvey

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Art Howard

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Virginia Hunter

Pierce's Secretary (Uncredited)

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Jerry James

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Geraldine Jordan

Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Nolan Leary

Court Clerk (Uncredited)

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Sam McDaniel

Porter (Uncredited)

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William Meader

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Walter Merrill

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Ottola Nesmith

Mrs. Asher (Uncredited)

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Garry Owen

Bailiff (Uncredited)

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Eddie Parks

Club Proprietor (Uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Chauffeur (Uncredited)

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Ezelle Poule

Woman (Uncredited)

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Jack Roberts

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Stephen Roberts

Jury Foreman (Uncredited)

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Charles Sherlock

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Bert Stevens

Defense Aide (Uncredited)

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Harry Templeton

Newsman (Uncredited)

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Kenneth Tobey

Police Photographer (Uncredited)

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Arthur Tovey

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Dorothy Vernon

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Lynn Whitney

Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Michael Ann Barrett

Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Fairy Cunningham

Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Caroline Fitzharris

Cook's Daughter (Uncredited)

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Howard Gardiner

Reporter (Uncredited)

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Bill Hawes

Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)

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Dorothy Klewer

Woman Prisoner (Uncredited)

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Walter Bacon

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Joe Evans

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Stan Johnson

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Lorna Jordon

Woman (uncredited)

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Marjorie Kane

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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Victor Romito

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

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