The Man Who Cheated Himself
1950 · Movie · NR · 81 min · ★ 6.2 · 95% critics
After a wealthy woman kills her husband in a moment of panic, a veteran homicide detective helps cover it up instead of reporting it. The plan gets far riskier when his younger brother, a rookie investigator, is assigned to the case and starts noticing things that do not add up.
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Details
- Years
- 1950
- Release date
- 1950-12-26
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (50 votes)
- Budget
- $500,000
About
If you like compact, morally tangled noirs like The Big Clock or He Walked by Night, this offers brisk suspense and family conflict; Not for you if you want airtight plotting or deeply likable characters.
Pros: tense brother conflict; sharp dialogue; strong noir atmosphere | Cons: uneven lead chemistry; some logic gaps; mixed supporting performance
Themes
- san francisco, california
- film noir
- homicide detective
Cast & crew
Lee J. Cobb
as Lt. Ed Cullen
Jane Wyatt
as Lois Frazer
John Dall
as Andy Cullen
Lisa Howard
as Janet Cullen
- HW
Harlan Warde
as Howard Frazer
Tito Vuolo
as Pietro Capa
Charles Arnt
as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)
Marjorie Bennett
as Muriel Quimby
- AW
Alan Wells
as Nito Capa
Mimi Aguglia
as Mrs. Capa
Directed by Felix E. Feist