Manhandled

1949 PG-13 1h 37m

5.2 / 10 19

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5.2/10

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Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.

Director Lewis R. Foster

Writers

L.S. Goldsmith Lewis R. Foster Whitman Chambers

Stars

Dorothy Lamour Sterling Hayden Dan Duryea

Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet

Detective Lt. Bill Dawson

Irving Bacon

Sgt. Fayle

George Humbert

Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)

Keye Luke

Chinese Laundry Owner (uncredited)

Maidie Norman

Christine, Bennet's Maid (uncredited)

Ian Wolfe

Charlie, a Fence (uncredited)

Crime Drama

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 9 Jul 2022

6/10

Dorothy Lamour is good in this otherwise rather drab crime noir. The plot is overly complex, bordering on the convoluted - you could almost get dizzy trying to follow the plot. Which is (briefly): Lamour plays "Merle"; the PA to a psychiatrist. She casually discusses his private cases with her on/off amour (Dan Duryea) and one such story involved a client's (Alan Napier) dreams that he kills his w...

John Chard 22 Jul 2015

6/10

Kitten and Chaos. Manhandled is directed by Lewis R. Foster and adapted to screenplay by Foster and Whitman Chambers from the novel "The Man Who Stole A Dream" written by L. S. Goldsmith. It stars Dorothy Lamour, Dan Duryea, Sterling Hayden, Irene Hervey and Art Smith. Music is by Darrell Calker and cinematography by Ernest Laszlo. I'm going to kill you, Ruth. I have to. Manhandled is one...