Manhandled
movie
The story of a smiling "Lady Killer" who knew how to "handle" women!
Released July 21, 1949
Overview
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.
Cast
Dorothy Lamour
as
Merl Kramer
Sterling Hayden
as
Joe Cooper
Dan Duryea
as
Karl Benson
Irene Hervey
as
Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet
Phillip Reed
as
Guy Bayard
Harold Vermilyea
as
Dr. Redman
Alan Napier
as
Alton Bennet
Art Smith
as
Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
Irving Bacon
as
Sgt. Fayle
George Humbert
as
Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)
Keye Luke
as
Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)
Maidie Norman
as
Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited)
Crew
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William C. Thomas
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Producer
Ernest Laszlo
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Director of Photography
Lewis R. Foster
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Director
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L.S. Goldsmith
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Novel
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Darrell Calker
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Original Music Composer
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Howard A. Smith
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Editor
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William H. Pine
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Producer
Edith Head
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Costume Design
Lewis R. Foster
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Screenplay
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David Chudnow
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Music Supervisor
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Whitman Chambers
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Screenplay
Odette Myrtil
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Costume Designer