Manhandled

July. 21,1949      NR
Rating:
6.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

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)

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