A Woman's Vengeance
{{short description|1948 film by Zoltan Korda}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Woman's Vengeance
| image =File:A Woman's Vengeance film poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = Zoltan Korda
| screenplay = Aldous Huxley
| producer = Zoltan Korda
| based_on = {{based on|The Gioconda Smile|Aldous Huxley}}
| narrator =
| starring = Charles Boyer
Ann Blyth
Jessica Tandy
Cedric Hardwicke
| music = Miklós Rózsa
| cinematography = Russell Metty
| editing = Jack Wheeler
| studio = Universal International Pictures
| distributor = Universal International Pictures
| released = {{film date|1948|3|2|}}
| runtime = 96 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross =
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File:Ann Blyth-Russell Metty in A Woman's Vengeance.jpg and Russell Metty (cinematographer) on the set.]]
A Woman's Vengeance is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Rachel Kempson, and Mildred Natwick.Spicer p.422 The screenplay by Aldous Huxley was based on his 1922 novelette The Gioconda Smile. The film was produced and released by Universal Pictures.
Plot
Henry Maurier rebounds from the death of wife Emily by marrying a much younger woman, Doris, upsetting another woman, Janet, who is in love with him. Suspicions grow that Henry might have hurried along his wife's death with poison, until eventually he finds himself condemned to death for a murder he didn't commit.
Cast
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- Charles Boyer as Henry Maurier
- Ann Blyth as Doris Mead
- Jessica Tandy as Janet Spence
- Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. James Libbard
- Mildred Natwick as Nurse Caroline Braddock
- Cecil Humphreys as General Spence
- Hugh French as Robert Lester
- Rachel Kempson as Emily Maurier
- Valerie Cardew as Clara
- Carl Harbord as Leslie Blake
- John Williams as Prosecuting Counsel
- Leyland Hodgson as First Warder
- Ola Lorraine as Malsey
- Harry Cording as Chauffeur McNabb
- Lydia Bilbrook as Mrs. Fellows
- Boyd Irwin as Mr. Craig
- Alec Harford as Dr. Dawson
- Elizabeth Valentine as Mrs. Wetherby
- Wilton Graff as Defence counsel
- Wilson Benge as Clerk
- Reginald Sheffield as Solicitor
- Patrick Aherne as Warder
- Colin Kenny as Warder
- Holmes Herbert as Warder
- Eric Wilton as Waiter
- Marjorie Eaton as Maid
- Leslie Denison as Inspector
- Mari Aldon as Girl
- Vernon Downing as Chemist
- Frederick Worlock as Judge
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==Radio adaptation==
A Woman's Vengeance was presented on Lux Radio Theatre March 22, 1948. Boyer and Blyth reprised their original roles in the adaptation.{{cite news|title=Boyer, Blyth Play Original Roles on 'Lux'|newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2975532/harrisburg_telegraph/|agency=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=March 20, 1948|page=22|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = August 8, 2015}} {{Open access}}
References
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Bibliography
- Baxter, John. Charles Boyer: The French Lover. University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
- Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0040002}}
- {{AFI film|25432}}
- {{TCMDb title|96199}}
- {{Letterboxd film|a-womans-vengeance}}
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Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:1940s mystery drama films
Category:American mystery drama films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films based on works by Aldous Huxley
Category:Films with screenplays by Aldous Huxley
Category:Films scored by Miklós Rózsa
Category:Films directed by Zoltán Korda
Category:Films set in the 1930s
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:English-language mystery drama films
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