Woman in Hiding
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| Directed by | Michael Gordon |
| Produced by | Michael Kraike (as Michel Kraike) |
| Written by | Oscar Saul (screenplay) Roy Huggins (adaptation) James Webb (story) |
| Starring | Ida Lupino Stephen McNally Howard Duff |
| Studio | Universal International Pictures |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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| Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Woman in Hiding is a 1950 film noir starring Ida Lupino as the title character, a wife on the run from her murderous husband, played by Stephen McNally. Howard Duff portrays a man who might help her. But can he be trusted? This was Peggy Dow's first film, though her second, Undertow (1949), was released first.[1] Dow was widely praised for her performance as the husband's mistress.
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[edit] Plot
Deborah Chandler Clark watches police drag a North Carolina river for her body. She recounts the events that brought her to this, beginning when her father, a mill owner, disapproved of a romance between Deborah and the mill's general manager, Seldon Clark.
Her father falls to his death at the mill. Seldon consoles her and proposes. On their honeymoon, a jealous and angry woman named Patricia Monahan turns up and claims she's been romantically involved with Seldon, insisting he married Deborah simply to gain control of her mill.
Deborah demands an annulment of the marriage. While leaving, the brakes fail on her car. She leaps out just before it crashes into the river. Believing she would be unable to prove her husband's guilt, Deborah disappears, moving to Knoxville and going by the name Ann Carter.
An ex-soldier, Keith Ramsay, seems interested in Ann and follows her. What he's really interested in is a $5,000 reward offered by her husband. At a hotel hosting a crowded convention, Seldon nearly succeeds in killing his wife. Keith finally realizes that Deborah is in genuine danger.
Patricia can confirm her story, so Deborah tracks her down. Patricia betrays her, however, still being in love with Seldon. At the mill, he attempts to throw Deborah to her death the same way he murdered her father. In the darkness, he mistakenly kills Patricia instead, and dies himself after a fight with Keith.
[edit] Cast
- Ida Lupino as Deborah Chandler Clark
- Stephen McNally as Seldon Clark
- Howard Duff as Keith Ramsay
- Peggy Dow as Patricia Monahan
- John Litel as John Chandler
- Taylor Holmes as Lucius Maury
- Irving Bacon as "Pops" Link
- Don Beddoe as Fat Salesman
- Joe Besser as Salesman with Drum
[edit] References
- ^ Colin Briggs. "Peggy Dow: Bright Victory". Classic Images.
[edit] External links
- Woman in Hiding at the Internet Movie Database
- Woman in Hiding at the TCM Movie Database
- Woman in Hiding at AllRovi
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