Manhandled
1949, Film, 97 min, Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, English, United States, MoviePedia score 61
The story of a smiling "Lady Killer" who knew how to "handle" women!
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.
Directed by Lewis R. Foster
Cast
- Dan Duryea as Karl Benson
- Dorothy Lamour as Merl Kramer
- Sterling Hayden as Joe Cooper
- Irene Hervey as Mrs. Alton Bennet
- Phillip Reed as Guy Bayard
- Harold Vermilyea as Dr. Redman
- Alan Napier as Alton Bennet
- Art Smith as Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
- Irving Bacon as Sgt. Fayle
- Benny Baker as Boyd, Man in Apartment House Lobby with Girl
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