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Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
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Frank Jessup
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Diane Tremayne Jessup
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Mary Wilton
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Mr. Charles Tremayne
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Fred Barrett
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Mrs. Catherine Tremayne
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Bill Crompton
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Arthur Vance
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The Judge
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Miller
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Juror
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District Attorney Judson
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TV Broadcaster (scenesDeleted)
Ralph Volkie ...
Good Humor Man (scenesDeleted)
Peggy Walker ...
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Matron (uncredited)
Lucille Barkley ...
Waitress (uncredited)
Mary Bayless ...
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Arthur Berkeley ...
Juror (uncredited)
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Detective Lt. Ed Brady (uncredited)
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Harry - Proprietor of Diner (uncredited)
Mary Jane Carey ...
Woman (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ...
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Dick Cherney ...
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Clark Curtiss ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Roy Darmour ...
Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
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Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Daniel Elam ...
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
Jack Ellis ...
Jury Foreman (uncredited)
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Shirley - Barrett's Secretary (uncredited)
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Bailiff (uncredited)
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Frank's Attorney (uncredited)
Robert Haines ...
Court Reporter (uncredited)
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Miss Preston - Secretary (uncredited)
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Nurse Theresa (uncredited)
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Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
James Hope ...
Detective (uncredited)
Marvin Jones ...
Policeman (uncredited)
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Detective (uncredited)
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Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Frank Kumagai ...
Ito - Tremayne Butler (uncredited)
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Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
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Doctor (uncredited)
Lewis Martin ...
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Mary Lee Martin ...
Patient (uncredited)
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Bailiff (uncredited)
Bob Peoples ...
Reporter (uncredited)
Charlotte Portney ...
Patient (uncredited)
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Prison Chaplain (uncredited)
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Court Clerk (uncredited)
Sammy Shack ...
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Patient (uncredited)
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Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
George Sherwood ...
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Man (uncredited)
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Woman (uncredited)
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Deputy Sheriff Kelly (uncredited)
Max Takasugi ...
Chiyo - Tremayne Maid (uncredited)
Doreen Tryden ...
Patient (uncredited)
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Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)

Directed by

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Otto Preminger

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Frank S. Nugent ... (screen play by) (as Frank Nugent) and
Oscar Millard ... (screen play by)
 
Chester Erskine ... (story by)
 
Ben Hecht ... (screen play by) (uncredited)

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Otto Preminger ... producer (produced by)

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Dimitri Tiomkin

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Harry Stradling Sr. ... director of photography (as Harry Stradling)

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Frederic Knudtson

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Carroll Clark
Albert S. D'Agostino

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Jack Mills ... (set decorations)
Darrell Silvera ... (set decorations)

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Michael Woulfe

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Mel Berns ... makeup artist
Larry Germain ... hair stylist

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Edward Killy ... unit manager

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Fred Fleck ... assistant director (as Fred A. Fleck)

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Clem Portman ... sound
Earl A. Wolcott ... sound (as Earl Wolcott)

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Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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C. Bakaleinikoff ... music coordinator
Dimitri Tiomkin ... conductor
Leith Stevens ... composer: stock music (uncredited)

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Howard Hughes ... presenter
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Plot Summary

When Mrs. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. Under Diane's seductive influence, Frank is soon the Tremayne chauffeur; but he begins to suspect danger under her surface sweetness. When he shows signs of pulling away, Diane schemes to get him in so deep he'll never get out. Written by Rod Crawford

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Taglines The men she loved she destroyed! See more »
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Also Known As
  • The Murder (United States)
  • The Bystander (United States)
  • Murder Story (United States)
  • Un si doux visage (France)
  • Cara de ángel (Spain)
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  • 91 min
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Budget $1,039,000 (estimated)

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Trivia After Robert Mitchum got fed up with repeated re-takes in which director Otto Preminger ordered him to slap Jean Simmons across the face, he turned around and slapped Preminger, asking whether it was this way he wanted it. Preminger immediately demanded of producer Howard Hughes that Mitchum be replaced. Hughes refused. (Mitchum starred in Preminger's "River of No Return" two years later.) See more »
Goofs After Diane insists on paying for dinner, Frank declines her offer, noting that he can afford it even on his salary. He takes out his wallet and places money on the table. Diane then later says, "At least let me pay for my half." He obliges. She takes out her purse and gives him some cash. Frank then picks up the money he had put down (which would have covered the full bill), puts her money (covering half the bill) down in its place, and gives her all of his money, which she puts in her purse. Nobody ends up paying for Frank's half and Diane ends up with more money than she started with. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in She Devil (1957). See more »
Soundtracks I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night See more »
Quotes Frank Jessup: [of Diane's 'evil' stepmother] ... If she's tryin' to kill you, why did she turn on the gas in her own room first?
Diane Tremayne: ...To make it look as though somebody else were guilty...
Frank Jessup: Is that what you did?
Diane Tremayne: Frank, are you accusing me?
Frank Jessup: I'm not accusing anybody. But if I were a cop, and not a very bright cop at that, I'd say that your story was as phony as a three dollar bill.
Diane Tremayne: ...How can you say that to me?
Frank Jessup: Oh, you mean after all we've been to each other?... Diane, look. I don't pretend to know what goes on behind that pretty little face of yours - I don't *want* to. But I learned one thing very early. Never be the innocent bystander - that's the guy that always gets hurt. If you want to play with matches, that's your business. But not in gas-filled rooms - that's not only dangerous, it's stupid.
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