| Description |
1 videodisc (78 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
The Max Ophuls collection |
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Max Ophuls collection.
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| Summary |
With her husband out of town, Lucia Harper has her hands full keeping her household in order. Her headstrong daughter, Bea, has taken up with a louse named Ted Darby and persists in meeting him despite her mother's warnings. During one tryst, Bea and Darby quarrel violently. Bea accidentally kills Darby and runs away. To protect her family, Lucia disposes of the body. Because of this rash act, she faces not only a murder investigation, but two ruthless blackmailers, Donnelly and Nagel. Fortunately for the Harper family, Donnelly has a change of heart and becomes their savior |
| Notes |
"Based on the Ladies Home Journal story, The blank wall, by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding." |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 1949 |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Burnett Guffey ; film editor, Gene Havlick ; musical score, Hans Salter |
| Cast |
Joan Bennett, James Mason, Geraldine Brooks, Henry O'Neill, Shepperd Strudwick, David Bair, Ray Roberts |
| Notes |
DVD ; all region ; NTSC ; fullscreen |
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In English with optional Korean subtitles |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Middle class families -- United States -- Drama.
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Middle class women -- Drama.
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Mothers and daughters -- Drama.
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Family secrets -- Drama.
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Manslaughter -- Drama.
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Extortion -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Film noir.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Ophuls, Max, 1902-1957.
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Wanger, Walter, 1894-1968.
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Garson, Henry.
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Soderberg, Robert W.
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Dinelli, Mel.
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Kent, Robert E.
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Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay, 1889-1955.
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Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990.
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Mason, James, 1909-1984.
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Brooks, Geraldine, 1925-1977.
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Columbia Pictures Corporation.
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