Journal of a Crime

Name: Journal of a Crime
Director: William Keighley
Genre: อาชญากรรม, ระทึกขวัญ
Released: 1934-03-10
Duration: 1 h 5 min
Rating: 5.857
Cast: Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, Claire Dodd, George Barbier, Douglass Dumbrille

"Hell Hath No Fury Like a Wife Starved for Love!"

A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.

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Ruth Chatterton

Francoise Mollet
Adolphe Menjou

Paul Mollet
Claire Dodd

Odette Florey
George Barbier

Chautard
Douglass Dumbrille

Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)
Noel Madison

Costelli
Henry O'Neill

Doctor
Phillip Reed

Young Man at Party
Henry Kolker

Henri Marcher

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A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.

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5.9 / 10

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6 14 ก.ค. 2567

"Moliet" (Adolphe Menjou) is under pressure from his mistress "Odette" (Claire Dodd) to end his marriage and come live with her. He is reluctant, but his hand is forced when his wife (Ruth Chatterton) overhears a bit of conversation that causes her to preempt things by shooting her rival - conveniently, as it happens, as hoodlum "Costelli" is nearby, apprehended and convicted of the crime. Thing is, "Moliet" knows who really killed his lover and she knows he knows, so their home life becomes something quite attritional with "Francoise" determined to keep her man at all costs and he equally determined, though rather benignly, that she will come to terms with the ramifications of her actions and, he hopes, do the right thing. Will she, though? The film here isn't really anything more than a standard revenge drama, but Chatterton's role offers her a chance to play the increasingly troubled character with some deft. Her gradual realisation of the impact of her actions - on her, her husband and even on the man who will take the rap, gradually makes her ill and lifeless and she performs this latter part of the role so as to encourage us to feel almost sympathetic for her. Menjou does fine as a conduit for his co-star to shine here and though the denouement is a bit of a let down, it's still worth a watch to remember that Ruth Chatterton's move into sound pictures was a great deal smoother than many.