The Suspect
“His Was a Strange Secret, Hers Was a Strange Love”
1945•1h 25m•6.8•Released
CrimeDramaThriller
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
Director
Robert Siodmak
Writer
Bertram Millhauser
Languages
English
Studio
Universal Pictures
Cast
Charles Laughton
Philip Marshall
Ella Raines
Mary Gray
Dean Harens
John Marshall
Stanley Ridges
Inspector Huxley
Henry Daniell
Mr. Simmons
Rosalind Ivan
Cora Marshall
Molly Lamont
Mrs. Simmons
Raymond Severn
Merridew
Eve Amber
Sybil
Maude Eburne
Mrs. Packer
Clifford Brooke
Mr. Packer
Gerald Hamer
Griswold (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Cabbie (uncredited)
Eve Ashley
Background Woman (uncredited)
Jimmy Aubrey
Pogson (uncredited)
Production
Company
Universal Pictures
Producer
Islin Auster
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