
Tension
In every two-timing kiss you will feel…TENSION!
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11/25/1949Runtime
95 minsOverview
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.
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A taut noir thriller about a man constructing an elaborate false identity to commit murder, watching as his meticulous plan spirals into doubt and paranoia. The film captures the suffocating pressure of infidelity and the psychic cost of deception with mounting dread.
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Richard Basehart
Warren Quimby

Audrey Totter
Claire Quimby

Cyd Charisse
Mary Chanler

Barry Sullivan
Lt. Collier Bonnabel

Lloyd Gough
Barney Deager

Tom D'Andrea
Freddie

William Conrad
Lt. Edgar Gonsales
Tito Renaldo
Narco

Ray Bennett
Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac
Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

Peter Brocco
Balew (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers
Reporter (uncredited)
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