
Ruthless
He wasn't a man; He was a way of life!
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4/16/1948Runtime
104 minsOverview
Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
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A cold portrait of a charming climber whose ruthless hunger for wealth and status corrodes every relationship around him, told through the eyes of old friends witnessing his moral unraveling. The film trades traditional noir thrills for psychological tension, watching a man systematically destroy those closest to him in pursuit of a world that was never really his to have.
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Zachary Scott
Horace Woodruff 'Woody' Vendig

Louis Hayward
Vic Lambdin

Diana Lynn
Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg

Sydney Greenstreet
Buck Mansfield

Lucille Bremer
Christa Mansfield

Martha Vickers
Susan Duane

Dennis Hoey
Mr. Burnside

Edith Barrett
Mrs. Burnside

Raymond Burr
Pete Vendig

Joyce Arling
Kate Vendig

Charles Evans
Bruce Endicott McDonald

Robert J. Anderson
Horace Vendig as a Child
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