A Woman's Devotion

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A Woman's Devotion
A Woman's Devotion film poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Paul Henreid
Screenplay by Robert Hill
Story by Robert Hill
Produced by Herbert J. Yates
John Bash
Starring Ralph Meeker
Janice Rule
Paul Henreid
Cinematography Jorge Stahl Jr.
Edited by Richard L. Van Enger
Music by Les Baxter
Color process Trucolor
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • November 16, 1956 (1956-11-16)
Running time
88 minutes
CountriesMexico
United States
LanguageEnglish

A Woman's Devotion is a 1956 American film noir directed by Paul Henreid and starring Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule, Henreid and Rosenda Monteros. [1] It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.

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Plot

Artist Trevor Stevenson (Meeker), an emotionally scarred World War II veteran, is on honeymoon in Acapulco with his bride Stella (Rule). Shortly after their arrival, two women are murdered. The audience is presented with clues pointing to Trevor's guilt or innocence depending upon one's point of view.

Cast

Production

The film was originally known as Acapulco. [2] Henreid says he got Franz Waxman to score the picture but Herbert Yates of Republic overruled him. [3]

Reception

Henreid later claimed the film was "absolutely ruined" by the studio. "It was a decent film, not a great film by any means... apparently they didn't understand the film at all and they cut essential parts." [2]

See also

References

  1. Lyons, Arthur. Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!, 2000. New York: Da Capo. ISBN   978-0-306-80996-5.
  2. 1 2 (subscription required)Alpert, D. (Oct 13, 1963). "Other end of megaphone gives henreid new outlook". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest   168339025.
  3. Henreid, Paul; Fast, Julius (1984). Ladies man : an autobiography . St. Martin's Press. pp.  208–209. ISBN   978-0-312-46384-7.