Tension

Tension (1949)

The hard-hitting story of a man with a plan...REVENGE!

  • Genre: Crime, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1949-11-25
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 49 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: John Berry
star 6.8/10
From 49 Ratings
7.3

Summary

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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  • Richard Basehart

    as Warren Quimby
  • Audrey Totter

    as Claire Quimby
  • Cyd Charisse

    as Mary Chanler
  • Barry Sullivan

    as Lt. Collier Bonnabel
  • Lloyd Gough

    as Barney Deager
  • Tom D'Andrea

    as Freddie, Coast to Coast Counter Man
  • William Conrad

    as Lt. Edgar Gonsales
  • Tito Renaldo

    as Narco, Deager's Valet
  • Virginia Brissac

    as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)
  • Theresa Harris

    as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)
  • Ray Bennett

    as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
  • Peter Brocco

    as Balew (uncredited)
  • John Indrisano

    as Boxer Handler (uncredited)
  • Philip Van Zandt

    as Police Lt. Schiavone (uncredited)
Writing Allen Rivkin Screenplay
Directing John Berry Director
Sound André Previn Original Music Composer
Editing Albert Akst Editor
Writing John D. Klorer Story
Camera Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography
Production Robert Sisk Producer
Directing George Rhein Assistant Director
Art Leonid Vasian Art Direction
Production Ruby Rosenberg Production Manager
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up Jack Dawn Makeup Artist

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