THE FILE ON THELMA JORDON

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• Release Year: 1950
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
• Plot: The File on Thelma Jordon is a 1950 film noir directed by noir veteran Robert Siodmak (The Dark Mirror, The Killers). No one is as good as Barbara Stanwyck (No Man of Her Own) when she is bad - the legendary actress plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney (Wendell Corey, Hell’s Half cares) and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. When her aunt’s mansion is burglarized and the elderly woman is murdered,Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up the evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotage the prosecution. The File on Thelma Jordon is a romantic and unusual mystery with great performances ad superior direction. Beautifully shot by George Barnes (Spellbound) with a haunting score by Victor Young (The Quiet Man).
• Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Kasey Rogers, Basil Ruysdael, Jane Novak, Gertrude Hoffman, Harry Antrim, Kate Drain Lawson, Theresa Harris, Byron Barr, Geraldine Wall, Jonathan Corey, Robin Corey, Eric Alden, Gertrude Astor, Michael Ann Barrett, Rodney Bell, Eddie Borden, Ethel Bryant, Clancy Cooper, John Cortay, Nick Cravat, Fairy Cunningham, Jim Davies, Helen Dickson, Dot Farley, Franklyn Farnum, Caroline Fitzharris, Howard Gardiner, Mary Gordon, William Hamel, Sam Harris, Lew Harvey, Bill Hawes, Art Howard, Bert Howard, Virginia Hunter, Jerry James, Stan Johnson, Geraldine Jordan, Lorna Jordon, Dorothy Klewer, Nolan Leary, Sam McDaniel, William Meader, Walter Merrill, Ottola Nesmith, Garry Owen, Eddie Parks, Lee Phelps, Ezelle Poule, Jack Roberts, Stephen Roberts, Charles Sherlock, Bert Stevens, Harry Templeton, Kenneth Tobey, Arthur Tovey, Lynn Whitney, Robert Siodmak, Marty Holland, Ketti Frings
• Director: Robert Siodmak
• Runtime: 1:40
• Company: Paramount
• Media Format: Movie