SHADOW
OF A WOMAN
1946.....78
minutes
Andrea
King, Helmut Dantine
This noir reteams Hotel Berlin co-stars Helmut Dantine and Andrea
King. Helmut Dantine is cast as Dr. Eric Ryder, a seemingly
respectable medico, while Andrea King plays Ryder's impressionable
young bride Brook. Despite significant evidence that Ryder isn't
all that he seems to be, his wife continues to believe in and
worship him. Only when it's nearly too late does she realize
that Ryder is not only a phony, but a murderer to boot. The
tension is heightened by the fact that Ryder's young son (Larry
Geiger) from an earlier marriage is being methodically starved
to death by his deranged father. Shadow of a Woman was based
on a novel by Virginia Perdue.
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