I Love Trouble

I Love Trouble (1948)

Scandalous secrets only murder can silence!

A wealthy man hires a private detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.

Date of release
1948-01-15
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (22)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director
S. Sylvan Simon

Casting

Interesting facts

I Love Trouble is a 1948 American film noir crime film written by Roy Huggins from his first novel The Double Take, directed by S. Sylvan Simon, and starring Franchot Tone as Stuart Bailey. The character of Stuart Bailey was later portrayed by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in the television series 77 Sunset Strip.

Production

The novel and screenplay were written by Roy Huggins, and show the comedic sophistication evident in his subsequent work. Huggins later created numerous landmark television series such as Maverick starring James Garner, The Fugitive starring David Janssen, The Rockford Files starring Garner, and 77 Sunset Strip starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. as Stuart Bailey. I Love Trouble was Huggins' first attempt at writing a narrative film.

In Huggins' Archive of American Television interview, he notes that I Love Trouble was somehow lost and had not been seen anywhere for decades and never run on television. The film has since been found and screened in venues such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. It was shown on the Turner Classic Movies show 'Noir Alley' with Eddie Muller on September 24, 2022.

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