The Lady Confesses (1945)

44% User Rating

1h 4min

"I CONFESS! I PLAYED AT LOVE BUT MURDER WAS MY BUSINESS!"

An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent her husband from marrying his new love until someone kills her.

Sam NewfieldDirector

Cast

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Mary Beth Hughes

Vicki McGuire

Hugh Beaumont

Larry Craig

Edmund MacDonald

Lucky Brandon

Claudia Drake

Lucille Compton

Emmett Vogan

Police Capt. Brown

Barbara Slater

Norma Craig

Edward Howard

Detective Harmon

Dewey Robinson

Steve

Carol Andrews

Margie

Charles King

Beach Cop

Frank Mayo

Coroner

Harold Miller

Nightclub Dance Extra

Jack George

Apartment House Manager

Jerome Root

Bill

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CinemaSerf

Rating 60%

July 1, 2022

This is a rather better than usual offering from PRC (aka Poverty Row Cinemas) that sees Barbara Slater ("Norma") show up at the apartment of her very long-estranged husband's new fiancee - "Vicki" (Mary Beth Hughes) declaring that they would not be getting married anytime soon... What adds to the mystery is just quite why this woman would show up seven years after husband "Larry" (Hugh Beaumont) last clapped eyes on her... They decide to confront her, only to discover that she has already gone the way of the dodo. Luckily for "Larry" - he has a cast iron alibi - drunk as a lord asleep on the couch of cabaret singer ""Lucille" (Claudia Drake) at the 711 club; so "Vicki" decides to investigate - quite a perilous procedure as it turns out. It's only just over the hour, and the story ticks over nicely. A few red herrings and solid performances from Beaumont, Hughes and Edmund MacDonald ("Lucky") - the dodgy looking owner of the club.