Story of movie When Strangers Marry : When Strangers Marry (re-release title Betrayed) is a 1944 suspense film directed by William Castle, and featuring Dean Jagger, Kim Hunter, and Robert Mitchum.
| When Strangers Marry aka Betrayed | |
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| Directed by | William Castle |
| Produced by | Frank King Maurice King |
| Screenplay by | Philip Yordan Dennis J. Cooper |
| Story by | George Moskov |
| Starring | Dean Jagger Kim Hunter |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Edited by | Martin G. Cohn |
Production company | King Brothers Productions |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 67 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Screenplay
A naive woman (Hunter) comes to New York City to meet her salesman husband (Jagger) whom she only met months before, and discovers that he may be a murderer.
- Dean Jagger as Paul Baxter
- Kim Hunter as Millie Baxter
- Robert Mitchum as Fred Graham (billed as Bob Mitchum)
- Neil Hamilton as Det. Lt. Blake
- Rhonda Fleming as Girl on Train
Philip Yordan says he gave the story to Dennis Cooper to write up, but that Yordan then had to rewrite it.
Neil Hamilton and Kim Hunter were borrowed from Selznick International.
Critical response
When the film was released, Variety's review was positive, writing, "Only thing wrong with this film is its misleading title. Tag, When Strangers Marry, suggests another of the problem plays of newlyweds when in reality pic is a taught (sic) psychological thriller about a murderer and a manhunt full of suspense and excitement."
According to Simon Callow's book Orson Welles: Hello Americans, Orson Welles said of this movie, "It isn't as slick as Double Indemnity or as glossy as Laura, but it's better acted and better directed ... than either."
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