Temptation (1946 film)

Temptation is a 1946 American drama film noir directed by Irving Pichel. The drama features Merle Oberon and George Brent. The film was based on Robert Smythe Hichenss novel Bella Donna.

Victorian melodrama, set in Egypt, where a downonherluck courtesan Oberon snares a loving but naive Egyptologist Brent, marries him and moves to Egypt. She quickly becomes bored and embarks on an affair with Mamhoud Baroudi Korvin. She falls in love with him, and together, they plot to do away with her husband.The movie was the first producer Edward Small had made away from United Artists for a number of years. He bought the rights to the novel in 1941 intending to make it as a vehicle for Ilona Massey who had just made International Lady for him. He intended to make the film for United Artists but other projects took priority. Over a five year period there were several nearstarts and postponements he almost managed to begin production in February 1946 but there was not enough studio space. Smalls deal with United Artists expired so the film became the first shot at Universal by International under the new United World Pictures arrangement. ........

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