Tension (film)

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Tension

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Directed by John Berry
Produced by Robert Sisk
Written by John D. Klorer (story)
Allen Rivkin
Starring Richard Basehart
Audrey Totter
Music by André Previn
Cinematography Harry Stradling Jr.
Distributed by MGM
Release date(s) January 11, 1950 New York City
Running time 95 min
Language English
IMDb profile

Tension is a 1950 crime thriller film, considered film noir. The film was shot in Culver City and Malibu, California.

[edit] Plot

A mousy drugstore manager, Warren Quimby (Richard Basehart), is married to sexy, man-hungry Claire (Audrey Totter). She leaves him for another man, Barney (Lloyd Gough). Quimby decides to murder the man. He devises a complex plan, which involves assuming a new identity, to make it look like someone else murdered Claire's new boyfriend but can't go through with the killing. Barney is instead murdered by another man but and all the evidence points to Quimby.

[edit] Featured cast

Actor Role
Richard Basehart Warren Quimby/Paul Sothern
Audrey Totter Mrs. Claire Quimby
Cyd Charisse Mary Chanler
Barry Sullivan Police Lt. Collier Bonnabel
Lloyd Gough Barney Deager
Tom D'Andrea Freddie, Coast to Coast Counter Man
William Conrad Police Lt. Edgar 'Blackie' Gonsales
Tito Renaldo Narco, Deager's Valet

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