Bedelia

Bedelia

1/2/1947 1h 30m 5.2/10

Overview

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.

Director

Lance Comfort

Top Billed Cast

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

Charlie Carrington

Margaret Lockwood

Margaret Lockwood

Bedelia Carrington

Beatrice Varley

Beatrice Varley

Mary

Anne Crawford

Anne Crawford

Ellen

Louise Hampton

Louise Hampton

Hannah

Barry K. Barnes

Barry K. Barnes

Ben Chaney

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

7/7/2022

7/10

This is quite a well-written, pacy little film noir about a glamorous widow (Margaret Lockwood) who meets and marries a rather naive English businessman (Ian Hunter) and honeymoons in Monte Carlo. There, they befriend a painter (Barry K. Barnes) who is asked to paint her portrait. After they return home, we gradually discover that she has plenty of dark secrets which all start to unravel as we find the painter is not exactly whom he claims to be, and it all culminates in a tense and suspenseful twenty minutes at their remote country home during a snowstorm. It's a little melodramatic at times, but the story flows well and the lead performances are engaging.

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