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Another Man's Poison

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6.7/10 • 45

1951-11-201h 30m

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She Had Everything You Could Give A Woman To Torment A Man!

Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with her secretary's fiancé and when her estranged husband unexpectedly returns, Janet poisons him, but just as she's about to dispose of the body, one of her husband's criminal cohorts also shows up.

Directors
Irving Rapper
Writters
Val Guest
Editors
Val Guest, Gordon Hales

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  1. Bette Davis

    Bette Davis

    Janet Frobisher

  2. Gary Merrill

    Gary Merrill

    George Bates

  3. Emlyn Williams

    Emlyn Williams

    Dr. Henderson

  4. Anthony Steel

    Anthony Steel

    Larry Stevens

  5. Barbara Murray

    Barbara Murray

    Chris Dale

  6. Reginald Beckwith

    Reginald Beckwith

    Mr. Bigley

  7. Edna Morris

    Edna Morris

    Mrs. Bunting

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John Chard

May 9, 2014

6.5/10

The Dark Recesses of the Female Mind. Another Man's Poison is directed by Irving Rapper and adapted to screenplay by Val Guest from the play "Deadlock" written by Leslie Sands. It stars Bette Davis, Gary Merrill, Emlyn Williams, Anthony Steel and Barbara Murray. Music is by John Greenwood and Paul Sawtell and cinematography by Robert Krasker. A whole bunch of fun if expectation levels are correctly set. Another Man's Poison is essentially a one set piece (confirming its stage origins), with primary focus on just five people and a horse. It's a tale of murder, deception and carnal desires, the latter of which is wrung out via Janet Frobisher's (Davis) affair with a much younger man who happens to be the intended of her secretary. Frobisher is quite frankly a bitch, something which Davis attacks with relish and no little amount of histrionic camp. She's the fulcrum of the story, but all the other key characters here are either stupid, ignorant, devious or all three in one go! Oh yes, this is a regular hot-bed of people you really wouldn't want to be hanging around with for too long. It's these characterisations that along with Krasker's photography just about earns the pic its film noir badge. The script isn't up to much - where stories about changes being made by Williams and that Davis and Merrill (husband and wife at the time) being unhappy – are common place, but it never outstays its welcome by being boring, and ultimately Bette being batty is always good entertainment. 6.5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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