Manhandled
“The story of a smiling "Lady Killer" who knew how to "handle" women!”
1949•NR•1h 37m•5.2•Released
CrimeDrama
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
Writer
Whitman Chambers, Lewis R. Foster
Languages
English
Studio
Paramount Pictures
Cast
Dorothy Lamour
Merl Kramer
Sterling Hayden
Joe Cooper
Dan Duryea
Karl Benson
Irene Hervey
Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet
Phillip Reed
Guy Bayard
Harold Vermilyea
Dr. Redman
Alan Napier
Alton Bennet
Art Smith
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)
Production
Company
Paramount Pictures
Producer
William H. Pine
Producer
William C. Thomas
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