A Woman’s Vengeance (1948)

A Woman’s Vengeance is a 1948 American film noir drama mystery film directed by Zoltán Korda and starring Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Rachel Kempson, and Mildred Natwick. The screenplay by Aldous Huxley was based on his 1922 short story “The Gioconda Smile”. The film was released by Universal-International.

Director – Zoltan Korda

Writer – Aldous Huxley (screenplay)

Cast –
Charles Boyer as Henry Maurier
Ann Blyth as Doris Mead
Jessica Tandy as Janet Spence
Cedric Hardwicke as Dr. James Libbard
Mildred Natwick as Nurse Caroline Braddock
Cecil Humphreys as General Spence
Hugh French as Robert Lester
Rachel Kempson as Emily Maurier
Valerie Cardew as Clara
Carl Harbord as Leslie Blake
John Williams as Prosecuting Counsel
Leyland Hodgson as First Warder
Ola Lorraine as Malsey
Harry Cording as Chauffeur McNabb

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Plot

Henry Maurier rebounds from the death of wife Emily by marrying a much younger woman, Doris, upsetting another woman, Janet, who is in love with him. Suspicions grow that Henry might have hurried along his wife’s death with poison, until eventually he finds himself condemned to death for a murder he didn’t commit.