"Is there a 'Cathy' in your past ?"

1949

1h 34m

5.5(16 votes)

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Overview

Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that he's a prime suspect and should investigate before he's arrested.

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Cast & Crew

42 members

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William Powell

Andrew Gentling

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Shelley Winters

Catherine Sykes

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Marsha Hunt

Martha Wier

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Dorothy Hart

Helen Gentling

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James Gleason

Captain Gledhill

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Felix Bressart

Professor Morris Avrum

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Art Baker

Henry Pritchard

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Sheldon Leonard

Detective Pacciano

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Howard Freeman

Dr. Markheim

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Houseley Stevenson

Montgomery Thatcher

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Paul Harvey

Mr. Arnspiger

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Francis Pierlot

Dr. Herbert Watson

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Jess Barker

Arnold Sykes

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Mikel Conrad

Freddie Blair

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Vangie Beilby

Old Lady at Lecture (uncredited)

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Marjorie Bennett

Waitress (uncredited)

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Leonard Bremen

Truck Driver (uncredited)

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Paul Brinegar

Reporter (uncredited)

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Frank Cady

Reporter (uncredited)

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Edmund Cobb

Policeman (uncredited)

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Helen Crozier

Maid (uncredited)

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Johnny Duncan

Bellhop (uncredited)

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Adolph Faylauer

Bald Man at Lecture (uncredited)

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Sandra Gould

Newspaper Girl (uncredited)

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Ethyl May Halls

Woman at Window (uncredited)

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Chuck Hamilton

Policeman (uncredited)

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Herbert Heywood

Attendant (uncredited)

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Tommy Ivo

Horace - Boy at Roadblock (uncredited)

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Lyle Latell

Reporter (uncredited)

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George Lynn

Policeman (uncredited)

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Enid Markey

Clara (uncredited)

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Maurice Marsac

Louis (uncredited)

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Charles McAvoy

Policeman (uncredited)

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Ralph Peters

Portly Man (uncredited)

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Jack Rice

Good Humor Man (uncredited)

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Brick Sullivan

Policeman (uncredited)

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Charles Sullivan

Truck Driver in Cafe (uncredited)

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Jim Toney

Bartender (uncredited)

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Harland Tucker

Clerk (uncredited)

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Minerva Urecal

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

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Dorothy Vaughan

Leona (uncredited)

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Charles Flynn

Policeman (uncredited)

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