The Temptress (1949)
Film noir about a physician who sets aside his altruistic quest for a cure for polio when a femme fatale coerces him into murder and blackmail.
- Date of release
- 1949-04-30
- TMDB
- 6.5 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Genres
- Crime
- Director
- Oswald Mitchell
Casting
- Joan Maude — Lady Clifford
- Arnold Bell — Dr. Leroy
- Don Stannard — Derek Clifford
- Shirley Quentin — Nurse
- John Stuart — Sir Charles Clifford
- Ferdy Mayne — Julian
- Conrad Phillips — Captain Green
Interesting facts
The Temptress is a 1949 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Joan Maude, Arnold Bell and Don Stannard. It was written by Kathleen Butler based on the 1928 novel Juggernaut by Alice Campbell, and was made at Bushey Studios, the final film to be directed by Mitchell before his death the same year.
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