Bedelia
(1946)
Overview
Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.
Director
Lance Comfort
Writers
Vera Caspary, Vera Caspary, Herbert Victor, Isadore Goldsmith
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Margaret Lockwood
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CinemaSerf
⭐ 7/10July 7, 2022
This is quite a well-written, pacy little film noir about a glamorous widow (Margaret Lockwood) who meets and marries a rather naive English businessman (Ian Hunter) and honeymoons in Monte Carlo. There, they befriend a painter (Barry K. Barnes) who is asked to paint her portrait. After they return home, we gradually discover that she has plenty of dark secrets which all start to unravel as we find the painter is not exactly whom he claims to be,… read the rest.
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
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