A Woman's Devotion

{{Infobox film

| name = A Woman's Devotion

| image = A Woman's Devotion film poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Paul Henreid

| producer = Herbert J. Yates
John Bash

| screenplay = Robert Hill

| story = Robert Hill

| starring = Ralph Meeker
Janice Rule
Paul Henreid

| music = Les Baxter

| cinematography = Jorge Stahl Jr.

| editing = Richard L. Van Enger

| color_process = Trucolor

| studio = Republic Pictures

| distributor = Republic Pictures

| released = {{film date|1956|11|16|}}

| runtime = 88 minutes

| country = Mexico
United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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A Woman's Devotion is a 1956 American film noir directed by Paul Henreid and starring Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule, Henreid and Rosenda Monteros.Lyons, Arthur. Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!, 2000. New York: Da Capo. {{ISBN|978-0-306-80996-5}}. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Artist Trevor Stevenson (Meeker), an emotionally scarred World War II veteran, is on honeymoon in Acapulco with his bride Stella (Rule). Shortly after their arrival, two women are murdered. The audience is presented with clues pointing to Trevor's guilt or innocence depending upon one's point of view.

Cast

Ralph Meeker as Trevor Stevenson
Janice Rule as Stella Stevenson
Paul Henreid as Capt. Henrique Monteros
Rosenda Monteros as María
Fanny Schiller as Señora Reidl
José Torvay as Gómez
Yerye Beirute as Amigo Herrera
Tony Carbajal as Sergeant
Jaime González Quiñones as Roberto
Carlos Riquelme as Chief of police

Production

The film was originally known as Acapulco. Henreid says he got Franz Waxman to score the picture but Herbert Yates of Republic overruled him.{{cite book|title=Ladies man : an autobiography|url=https://archive.org/details/ladiesmanautobio00henr|url-access=registration|last1=Henreid|first1= Paul|last2= Fast|first2= Julius|year=1984 |publisher=St. Martin's Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/ladiesmanautobio00henr/page/208 208]–209|isbn=978-0-312-46384-7 }}

Reception

Henreid later claimed the film was "absolutely ruined" by the studio. "It was a decent film, not a great film by any means... apparently they didn't understand the film at all and they cut essential parts."{{subscription required}}{{cite news|author=Alpert, D. |date=Oct 13, 1963|title=Other end of megaphone gives henreid new outlook|work=Los Angeles Times|id={{ProQuest|168339025}}}}