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The Other Woman (1954 film)
1954 film by Hugo Haas From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Other Woman is a 1954 American film noir written, directed and produced by Hugo Haas. Haas, Cleo Moore and John Qualen starred in the film.[1]
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Plot
After aspiring actress Sherry Stewart auditions for director Walter Darman but doesn't get the part, she decides to blackmail him.
Sherry and her boyfriend Ronnie cook up a scheme, drugging Darman's drink, lying to him later that he and Sherry had become intimate, then threatening to tell his wife unless Darman comes up with $50,000.
Darman decides to confront Sherry directly, but tempers flare and he strangles her to death. His wife Lucille chooses an inopportune time to confront the actress herself, finding the body. A police inspector suspects the truth and Darman's guilty conscience eventually forces him to confess.
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Cast
- Hugo Haas as Walter Darman
- Cleo Moore as Sherry Stewart
- Lance Fuller as Ronnie
- Lucille Barkley as Mrs. Lucille Darman
- Jack Macy as Charles Lester
- John Qualen as Papasha
- Jan Arvan as Police Inspector Collins
- Karolee Kelly as Marion
Reception
Critical response
Film critic Dennis Schwartz dismissed the film as "...a dull film noir, suffering from an unconvincing plot, and dry acting."[2] Cinema scholar Milan Hain is much more sympathetic to the film. "The Other Woman is Haas' most ambitious film, with many themes and motifs mirroring his own career: life in exile characterized by disillusionment and entrapment, loss of one's identity and social status, hopeless struggle with the Hollywood machinery, and the impossibility of fully realizing one's artistic visions."[3]
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