The Vicious Circle (1948 film)
The Vicious Circle | |
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Directed by | W. Lee Wilder |
Produced by | W. Lee Wilder |
Written by |
Heinz Herald (play) and Geza Herczeg (play and screeenplay) and Guy Endore (screenplay) Noel Langley (adaption) |
Music by | Paul Dessau |
Cinematography | George Robinson |
Edited by | Asa Boyd Clark |
Release dates | July 21, 1948 |
Running time | 77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Vicious Circle is a 1948 American drama film directed by W. Lee Wilder and based on the play The Burning Bush by Heinz Herald and Geza Herczeg.
The film is also known as Woman in Brown.
Plot summary
A rich Hungarian baron discovers that there are large oil deposits underneath properties owned by the villagers. He buys up all the property except those owned by Jewish families, who refuse to sell. In order to circumvent their refusal, he has the men charged with the murder of a woman, who had recently committed suicide.
Cast
- Conrad Nagel
- Fritz Kortner
- Reinhold Schünzel
- Philip Van Zandt
- Lyle Talbot
- Edwin Maxwell
- Frank Ferguson
- Lester Dorr
- Michael Mark
- Belle Mitchell
- Nan Boardman
- Shirley Kneeland
- Rita Gould
- Eddie LeRoy
- David Alexander
- Ben Welden
- Nina Hansen
- Mary Lou Harrington
- Peggy Wynne
- Robert Cherry
- Sam Bernard
- Rudolph Cameron
- Peter Brocco
- Christina Vale
- Don C. Harvey
- Fred Fox
- Manfred Fuerst
- Ruben Wendorf
- Herman Waldman
- Paul Baratoff
External links
- The Vicious Circle at the Internet Movie Database
- The Vicious Circle is available for free download at the Internet Archive