Without Honor (1949 film)
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Directed by | Irving Pichel |
Written by | James Poe |
Produced by | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
Starring | Bruce Bennett Laraine Day Dane Clark Agnes Moorehead Franchot Tone |
Cinematography | Lionel Lindon |
Edited by | Gregg C. Tallas |
Music by | Max Steiner |
Production company | Strand Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Without Honor is a 1949 American film noir directed by Irving Pichel and starring Bruce Bennett, Laraine Day, Dane Clark, Agnes Moorehead, and Franchot Tone.[1]
Plot
Jane, a housewife, is confronted during her daily chores by Dennis, her married lover with whom she has had a long affair. Dennis tells Jane that he has to break off their relationship. She threatens suicide, but when she picks up a
Cast
- Bruce Bennett as Fred Bandle
- Dane Clark as Bill Bandle
- Agnes Moorehead as Katherine Williams
- Laraine Day as Jane Bandle
- Franchot Tone as Dennis Williams
Reception
Arthur Lions notes in Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir, "A top-notch cast is wasted in a total clunker. The film takes the award, however, for the movie with the shortest performance by a top-billed star. Leading man Tone, after his brief initial appearance, spends most of the picture as the "corpse" in the laundry room."[2]
The film was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
References
- ^ Without Honor at the American Film Institute Catalog.
- ISBN 0-306-80996-6.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Without Honor". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
External links
- Without Honor at IMDb
- Without Honor at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Without Honor at AllMovie
- Without Honor at the TCM Movie Database