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The Strange Woman (1946)

Directed by Edgar G. Ulmer

Film Noir | Drama

Overview

In early 19th century New England, an attractive unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to deceive and control the men around her.

Rated NR | Length 100 minutes

Actors

Hedy Lamarr | George Sanders | Louis Hayward | Gene Lockhart | Hillary Brooke | Rhys Williams | June Storey | Moroni Olsen | Olive Blakeney | Kathleen Lockhart | Alan Napier | Dennis Hoey | Fred Aldrich | Jessie Arnold | Edward Biby | Clancy Cooper | Ralph Dunn | Edith Evanson | Al Ferguson | Fred Graham | Teddy Infuhr | Ian Keith | Ian MacDonald | George Magrill | Jo Ann Marlowe | Francis Pierlot | Christopher Severn | Brick Sullivan | Ray Teal | Harry Wilson | Chief Yowlachie

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
11/30/2018TVStreamingVideo on Demand6.5 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Didn’t realize this was a film noir but I suppose it is given the time it was produced despite being a period film of the late 1800s in Bangor, Maine. That said this movie could’ve been set in the mid-40s with the same story (just update a few of the story beats). My biggest problem with this was the period setting yet with some of the characteristics of film noir. Just odd to embrace despite a terrific performance from Hedy Lamarr, who is also an evil, awful human in this.

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