Manhandled

Manhandled (1949)

The story of a smiling "Lady Killer" who knew how to "handle" women!

Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.

Date of release
1949-07-21
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 37m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Lewis R. Foster

Casting

Interesting facts

Manhandled is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Lewis R. Foster and starring Dorothy Lamour, Sterling Hayden and Dan Duryea. It is based on the 1945 novel The Man Who Stole a Dream by L. S. Goldsmith.

Production

Its working title were The Man Who Stole a Dream and The Betrayal.

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