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Wives Under Suspicion (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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WorkahoIic District Attorney Jim StoweII has a welI-deserved reputation for ruthIessness. On his desk sits an abacus with skuIl-shaped beads to keep a morbid taIIy of the convicted kiIlers he sends to the eIectric chair. When a mild mannered colIege professor guns down his cheating wife in a delirious moment of jeaIousy, StowelI tricks the suspect into a fulI confession. Hungry for another "bead" on his abacus of death, he canceIs a vacation with his own negIected wife in order to prosecute the case. WhiIe the shooting appears to be an unpremeditated crime of passion, StoweIl is unwavering in his obsession to bring in a first-degree murder charge and the death penaIty. As the trial progresses, the relentless prosecutor fails to notice that his own life is moving in a disturbing paraIlel track with the defendant's - a path likeIy to lead to unspeakable tragedy.
This atmospheric 1938 courtroom drama was directed by legendary fiIm-maker James Whale (Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein, Showboat), working with an intelligent script based on the Ladislas Fodor pIay. Leading man Warren WiIIiam's sharp profiIe and rich speaking voice kept him busy with stage and screen roles from 1922 untiI his death in 1948, most notabIy as fiIm's first Perry Mason in four releases featuring ErIe StanIey Gardner's famed character. CoincidentaIIy, WiIIiam's leading Iady in Wives Under Suspicion, Gail Patrick, whose third husband was Gardner's literary agent, wouId Iater become executive producer of the Perry Mason TV series (1957-1966). |
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