Movie
The Man Who Cheated Himself
Overview
A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-12-26
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Genres
- Crime, Thriller
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Jack M. Warner Productions, 20th Century Fox
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Ed Cullen
- Jane Wyatt as Lois Frazer
- John Dall as Andy Cullen
- Lisa Howard as Janet Cullen
- Harlan Warde as Howard Frazer
- Tito Vuolo as Pietro Capa
- Charles Arnt as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
- Marjorie Bennett as Muriel Quimby
- Alan Wells as Nito Capa
- Mimi Aguglia as Mrs. Capa
- Bud Wolfe as Officer Blair
- Morgan Farley as Rushton
Crew
- Felix E. Feist - Director
- Philip MacDonald - Screenplay
- Seton I. Miller - Screenplay
- Seton I. Miller - Story
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