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.