
“I CONFESS! I PLAYED AT LOVE BUT MURDER WAS MY BUSINESS!”
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.
Release Date: 5/16/1945
Runtime: 64 minutes
Languages: English
Director: Sam Newfield
00Companies: Alexander-Stern Productions
Countries: United States of America
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This is a rather better than usual offering from PRC (aka Poverty Row Cinemas) that sees Barbara Slater ("Norma") show up at the apartment of her very long-estranged husband's new fiancee - "Vicki" (Mary Beth Hughes) declaring that they would not be getting married anytime soon... What adds to the mystery is just quite why this woman would show up seven years after husband "Larry" (Hugh Beaumont) last clapped eyes on her... They decide to confront her, only to discover that she has already gone the way of the dodo. Luckily for "Larry" - he has a cast iron alibi - drunk as a lord asleep on the couch of cabaret singer ""Lucille" (Claudia Drake) at the 711 club; so "Vicki" decides to investigate - quite a perilous procedure as it turns out. It's only just over the hour, and the story ticks over nicely. A few red herrings and solid performances from Beaumont, Hughes and Edmund MacDonald ("Lucky") - the dodgy looking owner of the club.

Mary Beth Hughes
Vicki McGuire

Hugh Beaumont
Larry Craig

Edmund MacDonald
Lucky Brandon

Claudia Drake
Lucille Compton

Emmett Vogan
Police Capt. Brown

Barbara Slater
Norma Craig
Edward Howard
Detective Harmon

Dewey Robinson
Steve

Carol Andrews
Margie

Charles King
Beach Cop

Frank Mayo
Coroner

Harold Miller
Nightclub Dance Extra

1973