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They Won't Believe Me

6.6

Released July 16, 1947Runtime 1h 35min

He lived a lie that led him from one disastrous love to another!

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $0
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Videos

Cast

Robert YoungLarry Ballentine

Susan HaywardVerna Carlson

Jane GreerJanice Bell

Rita JohnsonGreta Ballentine

Tom PowersTrenton

George TyneLieutenant Carr

Don BeddoeThomason

Frank FergusonMr. Cahill

Harry HarveyJudge Charles Fletcher

Byron FoulgerHenry Bascombe (uncredited)

Lillian BronsonAunt Martha Hines (uncredited)

Janet ShawSusan Haines (uncredited)

Lovyss BradleyMiss Jorday (uncredited)

John Alban

Jean Andren

Polly Bailey

Brooks Benedict

Nina Borget

Chet Brandenburg

Ivan Browning

Steve Carruthers

Anthony Caruso

James Conaty

Ellen Corby

Anne Cornwall

Harry D'Arcy

Helen Dickson

Dot Farley

Franklyn Farnum

Lee Frederick

Jack Gargan

William Gillespie

Sol Gorss

Wilton Graff

Fred Graham

Robert Haines

Stuart HallTheatre Patron (uncredited)

Herbert Heywood

Carl Kent

Perc Launders

Bert LeBaron

Bertha Ledbetter

Paul Maxey

Mathew McCue

Matt McHugh

George Morrell

William J. O'Brien

Netta Packer

Milton Parsons

Bob Pepper

Frank Pharr

Lee Phelps

Irving Pichel

Catherine Price

Jack Rice

Suzanne Ridgway

Albin Robeling

Hector V. Sarno

George Sherwood

Bert Stevens

Harry Strang

Denny Sullivan

Irene Tedrow

Bob Thom

Elena Warren

Martin Wilkins

Bud Wolfe

Buck Woods

Charles FlynnGus

Crew

Irving PichelDirector

Harry D'ArcyAssistant Director

Jonathan LatimerScreenplay

Gordon McDonellStory

Joan HarrisonProducer

Jack J. GrossExecutive Producer

Harry J. WildDirector of Photography

Elmo WilliamsEditor

Albert S. D'AgostinoArt Direction

Robert BoyleArt Direction

Russell A. CullySpecial Effects

Darrell SilveraSet Decoration

William MagginettiSet Decoration

Gordon BauMakeup Supervisor

C. BakaleinikoffMusic Director

John E. TribbySound

Clem PortmanSound

Edward StevensonWardrobe Designer

Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer

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Reviews

Touched by the hand of God/Satan. They Won't Believe Me is directed by Irving Pichel and adapted to screenplay by Jonathan Latimer from a story by Gordon McDonell. It stars Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer and Rita Johnson. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Harry J. Wild. Larr...

Decent, if not also a bit slow, film noir crime-drama, features some fine performances by Robert Young and Susan Hayward. Had fun with the numerous amounts of irony including ending. Should also note this is the original 95-minute version, seen on home video for the first time in 20 years (re-issue...