The Lady Confesses

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The Lady Confesses
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Film poster
Directed by Sam Newfield
Written by Irwin Franklyn (story)
Helen Martin (writer)
Produced byAlfred Stern (producer)
StarringSee below
CinematographyJack Greenhalgh
Edited by Holbrook N. Todd
Production
company
Alexander Stern Productions
Distributed by Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date
  • May 16, 1945 (1945-05-16)(United States)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Lady Confesses is a 1945 American film noir directed by Sam Newfield.

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Plot

While on the verge of being divorced, Norma Craig disappears. Seven years later, when her husband, Larry Craig, plans to marry a girl Vicki McGuire, Norma returns and tells Vicki that she nor anybody else can marry Larry. Soon both the girl and her fiancé find themselves mixed up with a crooked nightclub owner, gangsters and murder. [1]

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Soundtrack

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