Tension (1949)

Directors

John Berry

Cast

Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, William Conrad, Barry Sullivan, Lloyd Gough

The story

Police Lieutenant Collier Bonnabel of the homicide division explains to the camera that he solved cases by applying pressure to suspects until they snap under the tension. He then cites a murder case involving Warren Quimby. In flashback, the bespectacled Quimby, night manager of a drugstore, is married to Claire, who lives with him above the store and is openly unfaithful to him.

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