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The file on Thelma Jordon / a Paramount picture ; Hal Wallis' production ; screenplay by Ketti Frings ; produced by Hal B. Wallis ; directed by Robert Siodmak.
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- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Holland, Marty, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holland, Marty--Film adaptations.
- Holland, Marty.
- Female offenders--Drama.
- Female offenders.
- Trials (Murder)--California--Drama.
- Trials (Murder).
- Public prosecutors--California--Drama.
- Public prosecutors.
- Man-woman relationships--California--Drama.
- Man-woman relationships.
- California.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Detective and mystery films.
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Fiction films.
- Film noir.
- Thrillers (Motion pictures)
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- Place of Publication:
- [St. Charles, Ill.] : Olive Films, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English dialogue.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; monaural.
- Summary:
- A 1950 film noir directed by noir veteran Robert Siodmak. Barbara Stanwyck plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Her aunt's mansion is burglarized and the woman is murdered. Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotage the prosecution.
- Thelma Jordon is a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Her aunt's mansion is burglarized and the woman is murdered. Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotage the prosecution.
- Participant:
- Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Laura Elliot.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, George Barnes ; art directors, Earl Hedrick, Hans Dreier ; editorial supervision, Warren Loy ; costumes, Edith Head ; original score, Victor Young.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.
- Based on a story by Marty Holland.
- ISBN:
- 9786315052699
- 631505269X
- OCLC:
- 843959411
- Publisher Number:
- 887090048101
- 00887090048101 gtin-14
- OF481 Olive Films
- Online:
- Credits from Internet movie database
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