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The Strange Woman (1946)

100 min · Melodrama, drama film, film noir

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Directors

Edgar G. Ulmer

Cast

Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward, Gene Lockhart, Hillary Brooke

The story

In Bangor, Maine in 1824, a cruel young girl named Jenny Hager pushes a terrified Ephraim Poster into a river knowing he cannot swim. She is prepared to let him drown until Judge Saladine happens by, at which point Jenny jumps into the water and takes credit for saving the boy's life. Several years later, Jenny has grown up to be a beautiful but heartless and manipulative young woman.

Genres

Melodrama, drama film, film noir

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