Deception
1946 · Movie · Approved · 110 min · ★ 6.7 · 71% critics
After finding her long-lost love, a pianist begins a new life together, only to have the relationship threatened by a wealthy composer who becomes deeply entangled with her. As tensions rise, secrets and suspicion strain everything they’ve built.
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Details
- Years
- 1946
- Release date
- 1946-10-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- Approved
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Critic score
- 71/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.7/10 (50 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like 1940s romantic melodrama with big personalities and mounting tension from Deception, but Not for you if you want a tightly believable plot or fast suspense like The Seventh Veil.
Pros: standout performances; lavish melodrama; memorable composer role | Cons: slow-moving love tension; credibility gaps; uneven pacing
Themes
- music teacher
- classical music
- film noir
Cast & crew
Bette Davis
as Christine Radcliffe
Paul Henreid
as Karel Novak
Claude Rains
as Alexander Hollenius
John Abbott
as Bertram Gribble
Benson Fong
as The Manservant [Jimmy]
- JA
John Alban
as Concertgoer (uncredited)
Russell Arms
as Music Student (uncredited)
- LA
Lois Austin
as Norma the Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Patricia Barry
as Music Student (uncredited)
- BB
Brandon Beach
as Concertgoer (uncredited)
Directed by Irving Rapper