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Journal of a Crime is a american film of genre Drama directed by William Keighley released in USA on 10 march 1934 with Ruth Chatterton

Journal of a Crime (1934)

Journal of a Crime
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Released in USA 10 march 1934
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating59% 2.9988352.9988352.9988352.9988352.998835

Journal of a Crime is a 1934 American Pre-Code film, produced by First National Pictures, directed by William Keighley, and starring Ruth Chatterton, Adolphe Menjou, and Claire Dodd. The film is a remake of the 1933 French film, Une vie perdue, later remade in France in 1947 with the same title.

Synopsis

Francoise is a jealous wife who spies on her playwright husband, Paul, one evening after a play and overhears him and his lover Odette, the star of the show, quarreling in the street about him leaving his wife. He protests because he does not want to hurt his wife. Paul comes home at 3am and finds that Francoise has waited up for him. Unbeknownst to him, she is distressed at the news and pretends that she knows nothing of the affair. She attempts to seduce him but fails. The more he tries to tell her that he's leaving her, she become increasingly agitated, speaking more rapidly as she backs out the door and leaves him alone in the bedroom.

Actors

Ruth Chatterton

(Francoise Mollet)Adolphe Menjou

(Paul Mollet)Claire Dodd

(Odette Florey)George Barbier

(Chautard)Frank Reicher

(Herr Winterstein)
And :
Douglass Dumbrille
Noel Madison
Bess Flowers
Henry O'Neill
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