Bedelia

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Bedelia ★★★ 1946

Lockwood wellplays a black widow. Bedelia is living happily in Monte Carlo with hubby Charlie (Hunter) until Ben Chaney (Barnes) shows up. Posing as an artist—but really a private eye—Ben has questions about Bedelia's past. Seems she poisoned three previous husbands for the insurance money and Charlie is a good bet to be her next victim. Based on the novel by Vera Caspary. 90m/B VHS . Margaret Lockwood, Ian Hunter, Barry Barnes, Anne Crawford, Beatrice Varley, Jill Esmond, Julien Mitchell, Kynaston Reeves, Louise Hampton; W: Isadore Goldsmith, Herbert Victor; C: Frederick A. (Freddie) Young; M: Hans May.

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