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Strange Triangle

  • 1946
  • Approved
  • 1h 5m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
161
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Preston Foster, Signe Hasso, Anabel Shaw, and Shepperd Strudwick in Strange Triangle (1946)
Film NoirAdventureCrimeDrama

A bank district supervisor relates how he has been accused of a murder involving the bank's vice-president's brother and his mysterious wife, who has long police record, and to which he inte... Read allA bank district supervisor relates how he has been accused of a murder involving the bank's vice-president's brother and his mysterious wife, who has long police record, and to which he intends to plead guilty.A bank district supervisor relates how he has been accused of a murder involving the bank's vice-president's brother and his mysterious wife, who has long police record, and to which he intends to plead guilty.

  • Director
    • Ray McCarey
  • Writers
    • Mortimer Braus
    • Jack Andrews
    • Charles G. Booth
  • Stars
    • Signe Hasso
    • Preston Foster
    • Anabel Shaw
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    161
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Ray McCarey
    • Writers
      • Mortimer Braus
      • Jack Andrews
      • Charles G. Booth
    • Stars
      • Signe Hasso
      • Preston Foster
      • Anabel Shaw
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Signe Hasso
    Signe Hasso
    • Francine Huber
    Preston Foster
    Preston Foster
    • Sam Crane
    Anabel Shaw
    Anabel Shaw
    • Betty Wilson
    Shepperd Strudwick
    Shepperd Strudwick
    • Earl Huber
    • (as John Shepperd)
    Roy Roberts
    Roy Roberts
    • Harry Matthews
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Barney Shaefer
    Nancy Evans
    • Hilda Shaefer
    Gladys Blake
    Gladys Blake
    • Harry's Receptionist
    Frank Pershing
    • Bank Guard
    Robert Malcolm
    Robert Malcolm
    • Bank President Thomas Miggs
    Jack Davis
    • Lawyer
    Frank Wilcox
    Frank Wilcox
    • Lawyer
    George Melford
    George Melford
    • Judge
    Bess Flowers
    Bess Flowers
    • Nightclub Extra
    • (uncredited)
    Alexander Pollard
    Alexander Pollard
    • Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    Brick Sullivan
    Brick Sullivan
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Ray McCarey
    • Writers
      • Mortimer Braus
      • Jack Andrews
      • Charles G. Booth
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    6boblipton

    Standard Film Noir

    Preston Foster returns from the war to discover he no longer has his job as chief investigator of a large bank. Instead, he's now the regional manager. Making a tour of the branches, he finds his brother, Shepperd Strudwick, is the manager of a branch, and married to Signe Hasso, with whom Foster has had an affair. Her free-spending ways have driven Strudwick wild, so wild that he has given up his cautious ways and speculated in a can't miss deal. When the deal misses, he confesses to Miss Hasso that he used the bank's money.

    It's a film noir with all the hallmarks of the genre, from the story being told in flashback, to the femme fatale, to the camerawork by Harry Jackson that grows darker and shadow-filled as the story progresses. It's not director Ray McCarey's strong suit, but with a competent cast and crew, it's a well told, if already a bit stereotyped story.
    10julianhwescott

    My Mama always told me there wasn't anything worse than a woman gone bad!

    As I've heard people say, 'one bad apple spoils the rest of the bunch', really applies to this film about a woman who destroys people's lives so nonchalantly, quickly and totally without conscience. Not available on video and rarely seen on TV this film deals with missing funds in the banking industry and how an innocent bystander nearly pays for it all. Told in a series of flashbacks this is a great mystery. Enjoy!
    4AAdaSC

    Uninteresting

    Sam (Preston Foster) is sent to look over the accounts at a bank managed by Earl (John Shepperd). He finds nothing unusual and is preparing to return home when Earl's interfering secretary Betty (Anabel Shaw) points out to him that £3,000 has gone missing. Can Sam get to the bottom of this embezzlement....?

    Get past her strange accent and Signe Hasse is good as Earl's wife "Francine". Preston Foster also does well in the lead role although we are asked to bend belief with his character when he digs into his own pocket to pay for someone else's debt. We also have to put up with a do-gooder, jobsworth, goody-goody, tell-tale tit in Anabel Shaw's portrayal of Betty. I hate people like her! She sticks her nose in when she really shouldn't care.

    Although the film moves along at a good pace, nothing ever seems to happen. It's just all a bit boring........and a bit confusing.
    7goblinhairedguy

    obscure, with allure

    Not listed in many reference books, this fast-moving and absorbing crime melodrama is significant for its venal, scheming femme fatale portrayed in offbeat fashion by Signe Hasso. Rather colorlessly directed by Leo McCarey's brother, it lacks the dark, fatalistic tone that would have made it a memorable noir along the lines of Blonde Ice or Decoy. Still, the weaving of the black widow's treacherous web makes it a highly watchable item, with some good sets and camera set-ups thrown in. Recommended for B-movie fans, noir completists, and misogynists.

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      The scene where bank customer Barney Shaefer brags about hearing, as he claims, "straight from a member of the board" of United Steel's bid to take over Inland Steel with a ten-dollar-to-one per share buyout would clearly be illegal insider trading, not only if acted upon by Shaefer himself but ostensibly by those to whom he is revealing such information should they likewise take advantage of such knowledge.
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      Featured in Pulp Cinema (2001)

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    • Release date
      • May 17, 1946 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Strange Alibi
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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