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The Unsuspected (1947) was a Drama - Film Noir Film directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Michael Curtiz, George Amy and Charles Hoffman.

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The Unsuspected (1947)

By Beatrice on Feb 28, 2015 From Flickers in Time

The Unsuspected Directed by Michael Curtiz Written by Bess Meredyth and Ranald MacDougall from a novel by Charlotte Armstrong 1947/USA Michael Curtiz Productions/Warner Bros. First viewing/Warner Archive DVD Claude Rains mellifluous voice is put to good use in this enjoyable film noir thriller. V... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THE UNSUSPECTED (1947)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 6, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Michael Curtiz’s 1947 thriller, The Unsuspected, puts Claude Rains back into the kind of role he had already played with great success in films like Casablanca (1942) and Notorious (1946), so it’s no surprise that he’s equally compelling as Victor Grandison, the suave but manipulat... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THE UNSUSPECTED (1947)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 6, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Director Michael Curtiz’s 1947 thriller, The Unsuspected, puts Claude Rains back into the kind of role he had already played with great success in films like Casablanca (1942) and Notorious (1946), so it’s no surprise that he’s equally compelling as Victor Grandison, the suave but ... Read full article


Classic Films in Focus: THE UNSUSPECTED (1947)

By Jennifer Garlen on Feb 6, 2014 From Virtual Virago

Michael Curtiz’s 1947 thriller, The Unsuspected, puts Claude Rains back into the kind of role he had already played with great success in films like Casablanca (1942) and Notorious (1946), so it’s no surprise that he’s equally compelling as Victor Grandison, the suave but manipulat... Read full article


Noir in 1947: The Unsuspected

By shadowsandsatin on Jul 3, 2011 From Shadows and Satin

A shot from the "pure noir" opening of The Unsuspected. The first 10 minutes of The Unsuspected are what I like to call ?PN? ? Pure Noir. (Actually, I just made that up.) First, there?s the suitably noirish score by Franz Waxman that introduces us to the opening credits. Just listening to ... Read full article


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Quotes from

Jane Moynihan: What's wrong, Victor? You've lost all your zip. You're as limp as an old girdle.


Steven Howard: You don't look like you could deny yourself anything
Althea Keane: I generally get what I want


Victor Grandison: His day of reckoning must come. He is tormented by fear that someday he will make one false move, one slip that will betray him, and when he does, the lightning of justice will strike... the unsuspected.


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Facts about

Debut of Fred Clark.
The radio station call letters, WMCB, were created by inserting Michael Curtiz' initials into those of Warner Bros.
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