Suspense (1946 film)
Suspense is a 1946 film noir directed by Frank Tuttle. The iceskatingthemed movie starred Barry Sullivan and former Olympic skater Belita, who would team up again with Sullivan in 1947 for the film, The Gangster. It was also the last film appearance of actor Eugene Pallette. At a cost of 1.1 million dollars, it was considered the most expensive film put out by Monogram Pictures.
However, he soon begins to notice that his new manager is paying more attention to his wife than he believes is appropriate, and begins to suspect that his new manager has designs not only on his wife but on his business. The plot thickens later when it appears that the man may have killed the owner.When the film was first released, critic Bosley Crowther reviewed the film caustically, writing, The Monogram people are so puffed up by the fact that their new film, Suspense, which came yesterday to the Victoria, is their first milliondollar release that we wonder why some boastful genius didnt give it the title Expense. At least, such a tag would betoken the little there is in this film and it wouldnt provoke expectation of something that isnt there. For, apart from some iceskating numbers which presumably coat all that coin, it has nothing to recommend itlet alone the thing of which the title speaks ... Frank Tuttle was the director from a script by Philip Yordan. Neither of their contributions is in the milliondollar class. ........
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