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Wives Under Suspicion

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  • Stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Constance Moore, William Lundigan, Ralph Morgan, Cecil Cunningham, Samuel S. Hinds, Milburn Stone, Lillian Yarbo, Jonathan Hale
  • Producer James Whale
  • Release 1938
  • Country United States
  • Quality WEB-DL
  • Category Crime

⁣Wives Under Suspicion (1938 in film) is a film directed by James Whale, starring Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore, and released by Universal Pictures. In 1966, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the Universal Pictures failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication. A prosecuting attorney treats every homicide case as first degree murder and uses miniature replicas of human skulls to tally the death sentences that he garners. Then he himself is beset by the urge to murder.

Plot
A district attorney (William) realizes that his own wife (Patrick) might be having an affair while he is prosecuting a cuckolded murderer.

Cast
Warren William as District Attorney Jim Stowell
Gail Patrick as Lucy Stowell
Constance Moore as Elizabeth
William Lundigan as Phil
Ralph Morgan as Professor Shaw MacAllen
Cecil Cunningham as "Sharpy"
Samuel S. Hinds as David Marrow
Milburn Stone as Eddie Kirk
Lillian Yarbo as Creola
Jonathan Hale as Dan Allison