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About
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Theatrical
Apr 14, 1948
Box Office
$1.6M
Budget
$2.3M
Return
0.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Oct 3, 2000
Theaters
2
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Mercury Productions, Columbia Pictures
Quotes
See all →Betrayal and Trust in Crisis
Elsa
Why don't you try and understand? George was supposed to take care of Arthur, but he lost his silly head and shot Broome. After that, I knew I couldn't trust him. He was mad. He had to be shot.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Dispute Over Trial Tactics and Mistrial Motion
Arthur
Your Honor, the District Attorney isn't cross-examining, he's making speeches.
District Attorney
That simply isn't so.
Arthur
I move for a declaration of mistrial be sought on the grounds that the jury is being prejudiced.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →R
Rita Hayworth
Elsa Bannister
O
Orson Welles
Michael O'Hara
E
Everett Sloane
Arthur Bannister
G
Glenn Anders
George Grisby
T
Ted de Corsia
Sidney Broome
E
Erskine Sanford
Judge
G
Gus Schilling
Goldfish
C
Carl Frank
Galloway
L
Louis Merrill
Jake Bjornsen
E
Evelyn Ellis
Bessie
H
Harry Shannon
Cab Driver
W
William Alland
Reporter (uncredited)
J
Jessie Arnold
Schoolteacher / Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
W
Wong Artarne
Ticket Taker (uncredited)
R
Rama Bai
Townswomen (uncredited)
J
Jack Baxley
Guard (uncredited)
S
Steve Benton
Policeman (uncredited)
W
Wong Chung
Li (uncredited)
E
Eddie Coke
Policeman (uncredited)
T
Tom Coleman
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
