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Manhandled (1949)

Manhandled (1949)

Drama Crime

The story of a smiling "Lady Killer" who knew how to "handle" women!

Release Date: 1949, July 21
Directors: Lewis R. Foster
Countries: United States of America
Production: Paramount Pictures
Cast: Sterling Hayden, Irving Bacon, Phillip Reed, Keye Luke, Ian Wolfe, Alan Napier, Dan Duryea, George Humbert, Maidie Norman, Art Smith, Dorothy Lamour, Irene Hervey

Overview:

Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.

Keywords:

dreams murder film noir police secretary insurance investigator