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Another Man's Poison

Another Man's Poison

6,8 /10 (51 Votes)
1951 EN 90 min

Overview

Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly returns, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to dispose of the body, one of her husband's criminal cohorts also shows up.

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Release date

20/11/1951

Votes

51

Popularity

1.5

She Had Everything You Could Give A Woman To Torment A Man!

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

90 min

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John Chard

John Chard

2014-05-09

⭐ 6.5

The Dark Recesses of the Female Mind. Another Man's Poison is directed by Irving Rapper and adapted to screenplay by Val Guest from the play "Deadlock" written by Leslie Sands. It stars Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel and Barbara Murray. Music is by John Greenwood and Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Robert Krasker. A whole bunch of fun if expectation levels are correctly set. Another Man's Poison is essentially a one set piece (confirming its stage origins), with primary focus on just five people and a horse. It's a tale of murder, deception and carnal desir…

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