Wives Under Suspicion (1938)
The looks that pass between man and wife... Hiding words they dare not say!
A prosecutor trying a case where a husband shot his adulterous wife begins to suspect that his own wife is having an affair, and starts to have his own thoughts about killing her.
- Date of release
- 1938-06-03
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (12)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Director
- James Whale
Casting
- Warren William — Jim Stowell
- Gail Patrick — Lucy Stowell
- Constance Moore — Elizabeth
- William Lundigan — Phil
- Ralph Morgan — Shaw MacAllen
- Cecil Cunningham — Sharpy
- Samuel S. Hinds — David Marrow
- Milburn Stone — Kirk
- Lillian Yarbo — Creola
- Jonathan Hale — Allison
- J. Anthony Hughes — Murphy (uncredited)
- James Flavin — Jenks (uncredited)
Interesting facts
Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 Universal Pictures American crime film based on a 1932 Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the 1933 film The Kiss Before the Mirror. Wives Under Suspicion was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan and Constance Moore.
Production
Wives Under Suspicion is a remake of a film also directed by James Whale, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). Ralph Morgan, who plays Professor MacAllen, was the brother of Frank Morgan, who plays the prosecutor in The Kiss Before the Mirror.
In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
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