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They Won't Believe Me

1947 · 95 min

A sleek, doom-laden noir that tightens around a weak man's lies, leaving a cold, fatalistic ache.

Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
He lived a lie that led him from one disastrous love to another!
Overview
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

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Directed by
Irving Pichel
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • obsession
  • deception
  • fate
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Irving Pichel
Written by
Jonathan Latimer
Starring
Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer, Rita Johnson, Tom Powers, George Tyne, Don Beddoe, Frank Ferguson
Music
Roy Webb
Cinematography
Harry J. Wild
Runtime
95 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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