Without Honor (1949 film)
| Without Honor | |
|---|---|
 DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Irving Pichel |
| Written by | James Poe |
| Produced by | Raymond Hakim Robert Hakim |
| Starring | Bruce Bennett Laraine Day Dane Clark Agnes Moorehead Franchot Tone |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
| Distributed by | United Artists  Geneon (2005 DVD release) |
Release dates | October 26, 1949 (Boston, Massachusetts) (premiere) |
Running time | 69 min. |
| Language | English |
Without Honor (1949) is a film noir starring Laraine Day and Dane Clark.
Plot
A housewife (Day) is confronted during her daily chores by her married lover (Tone). The man, after a long affair, tells the woman that he has to break off their relationship. The woman threatens suicide but when she picks up a shish kabob skewer the two struggles and the man is stabbed in the chest and collapses. The housewife hides the body in the house. Before she can leave, her brother in law (Clark) arrives and tells the woman that he knows about the affair and that he's invited her husband, her lover and his wife to her house this evening so that he can tell them about the affair. The woman, in a panic worrying that they'll find out about the killing, attempts to flee but can't get away for her vengeful brother in law.
Reaction
Arthur Lions, in the book Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir, notes "A top-notch cast is wasted in a total clunker. The film takes the award, however, for the movie with the shortest performance by a top-billed star. Leading man Tone, after his brief initial appearance, spends most of the picture as the "corpse" in the laundry room." [1]
Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Bruce Bennett | Fred Bandle |
| Dane Clark | Bill Bandle |
| Agnes Moorehead | Katherine Williams |
| Laraine Day | Jane Bandle |
| Franchot Tone | Dennis Williams |
References
- ^ Arthur Lyons (2000). Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!. Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80996-6.