Dishonored Lady( 1947)

TV-MACrimeDrama

57%

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Unbridled passion . . . scandal . . . murder!

Overview

Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.

Top Billed Cast

Hedy Lamarr
Madeleine Damien
Dennis O'Keefe
Dr. David Cousins
John Loder
Felix Courtland
William Lundigan
Jack Garet
Morris Carnovsky
Dr. Richard Caleb
Natalie Schafer
Ethel Royce
Paul Cavanagh
Victor Kranish
Douglass Dumbrille
District Attorney O'Brien
Margaret Hamilton
Mrs. Geiger
Nicholas Joy
Mitchell
Archie Twitchell
Freddie Francher
Gino Corrado
Carl, Waiter
Dewey Robinson
Jim, Doorman
Edward Biby
Clerk
Fred Kohler Jr.
First Motorcycle Cop
Henry Hebert
Attorney's Assistant
Raoul Freeman
Bailiff
Wilbur Mack
Judge
Reid Kilpatrick
AP News Broadcaster
Jack Richardson
Passerby
Kam Tong
Courtland's Houseboy
Jack Deery
Club Patron
Dick Gordon
Club Patron
Paul Power
Club Patron
Robert Haines
Courtroom Spectator
Curt Furburg
Courtroom Spectator
Russell Meeker
Courtroom Spectator
James Flavin
Police Sergeant Patella
Robert B. Williams
Police Sergeant Bartlett
Harry Strang
Police Sergeant
Ian Wolfe
Dr. E.G. Lutz

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 07 2022

A pretty unremarkable vehicle for star Hedy Lamarr ("Madeleine Damien") as she portrays the fashion editor of a glossy New York magazine who burns the candle at both ends a bit too much. She eventually seeks the help of a psychiatrist "Dr Caleb" (Morris Carnosky) to help divert her from a mental breakdown. He suggests she quit her highly pressured job and to basically start her life all over again. It doesn't quite go to plan, as she soon becomes re-embroiled with a millionaire jeweller (and in his murder) and we end up in a court-room melodrama. The story twists and turns but not in any partic...