A Woman's Vengeance

A Woman's Vengeance
A Woman's Vengeance
Directed by	Zoltan Korda
Screenplay by	Aldous Huxley
Based on	The Gioconda Smile; by Aldous Huxley
Produced by	Zoltan Korda
Starring	Charles Boyer ; Ann Blyth ; Jessica Tandy ; Cedric Hardwicke
Cinematography	Russell Metty
Edited by	Jack Wheeler
Music by	Miklós Rózsa
Production; company	Universal International Pictures
Distributed by	Universal International Pictures
Release date	March 2, 1948;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.3 million

A Woman's Vengeance is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Rachel Kempson, and Mildred Natwick.^[2] The screenplay by Aldous Huxley was based on his 1922 novelette The Gioconda Smile. The film was produced and released by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Henry Maurier rebounds from the death of wife Emily by marrying a much younger woman, Doris, upsetting another woman, Janet, who is in love with him. Suspicions grow that Henry might have hurried along his wife's death with poison, until eventually he finds himself condemned to death for a murder he didn't commit.

Cast

Charles Boyer as Henry Maurier
Ann Blyth as Doris Mead
Jessica Tandy as Janet Spence
Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. James Libbard
Mildred Natwick as Nurse Caroline Braddock
Cecil Humphreys as General Spence
Hugh French as Robert Lester
Rachel Kempson as Emily Maurier
Valerie Cardew as Clara
Carl Harbord as Leslie Blake
John Williams as Prosecuting Counsel
Leyland Hodgson as First Warder
Ola Lorraine as Malsey
Harry Cording as Chauffeur McNabb
Lydia Bilbrook as Mrs. Fellows
Boyd Irwin as Mr. Craig
Alec Harford as Dr. Dawson
Elizabeth Valentine as Mrs. Wetherby
Wilton Graff as Defence counsel
Wilson Benge as Clerk
Reginald Sheffield as Solicitor
Patrick Aherne as Warder
Colin Kenny as Warder
Holmes Herbert as Warder
Eric Wilton as Waiter
Marjorie Eaton as Maid
Leslie Denison as Inspector
Mari Aldon as Girl
Vernon Downing as Chemist
Frederick Worlock as Judge

Radio adaptation

A Woman's Vengeance was presented on Lux Radio Theatre March 22, 1948. Boyer and Blyth reprised their original roles in the adaptation.^[3]

References

^ Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 125. ISBN 9780813158891.
^ Spicer p.422
^ "Boyer, Blyth Play Original Roles on 'Lux'". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg Telegraph. March 20, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved August 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

Baxter, John. Charles Boyer: The French Lover. University Press of Kentucky, 2021.
Spicer, Andrew. Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press, 2010.

External links

A Woman's Vengeance at IMDb
A Woman's Vengeance at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
A Woman's Vengeance at the TCM Movie Database
A Woman's Vengeance at Letterboxd

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[dick-1] Dick, Bernard K. (2015). City of Dreams: The Making and Remaking of Universal Pictures. University Press of Kentucky. p. 125. ISBN 9780813158891.

[2] Spicer p.422

[3] "Boyer, Blyth Play Original Roles on 'Lux'". Harrisburg Telegraph. Harrisburg Telegraph. March 20, 1948. p. 22. Retrieved August 8, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.

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