Dec 26, 1950
81 min
Full-HD

The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Category

Crime Thriller

Country

United States of America

Companies

Jack M. Warner Productions 20th Century Fox

Lee J. Cobb

Lt. Ed Cullen

Jane Wyatt

Lois Frazer

John Dall

Andy Cullen

Lisa Howard

Janet Cullen

Harlan Warde

Howard Frazer

Tito Vuolo

Pietro Capa

Charles Arnt

Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)

Marjorie Bennett

Muriel Quimby

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