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The Lady Confesses (1945)

4.2 | May 16, 1945 (US) | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime | 01:04

I CONFESS! I PLAYED AT LOVE BUT MURDER WAS MY BUSINESS!

An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.

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Mary Beth Hughes
Vicki McGuire
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Hugh Beaumont
Larry Craig
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Edmund MacDonald
Lucky Brandon
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Claudia Drake
Lucille Compton
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Emmett Vogan
Police Capt. Brown
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Barbara Slater
Norma Craig
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Edward Howard
Detective Harmon
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Charles King
Beach Cop

Reviews

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CinemaSerf
6 | Jul 01, 2022
This is a rather better than usual offering from PRC (aka Poverty Row Cinemas) that sees Barbara Slater ("Norma") show up at the apartment of her very long-estranged husband's new fiancee - "Vicki" (Mary Beth Hughes) declaring that they would not be getting married anytime soon... What adds to the mystery is just quite why this woman would show up seven years after husband "Larry" (Hugh Beaumont) last clapped eyes on her... They decide to confront her, only to discover that she has already gone the way of the dodo. Luckily for "Larry" - he has a cast iron alibi - drunk as a lord asleep on the couch of cabaret singer ""Lucille" (Claudia Drake) at the 711 club; so "Vicki" decides to investigate - quite a perilous procedure as it turns out. It's only just over the hour, and the story ticks over nicely. A few red herrings and solid performances from Beaumont, Hughes and Edmund MacDonald ("Lucky") - the dodgy looking owner of the club.