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Tension

6.8 95 mins Thriller   Crime   1949
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer   Loew's Incorporated  
Director(s): John Berry

Release Date: 25 Fri, Nov 1949

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

Casts of Tension

Richard Basehart

as Warren Quimby

Audrey Totter

as Claire Quimby

Cyd Charisse

as Mary Chanler

Barry Sullivan

as Lt. Collier Bonnabel

Lloyd Gough

as Barney Deager

Tom D'Andrea

as Freddie

William Conrad

as Lt. Edgar Gonsales

Tito Renaldo

as Narco

Ray Bennett

as Theatre Manager (uncredited)

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)

Peter Brocco

as Balew (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

as Reporter (uncredited)

Bert Davidson

as Repoerter at Press Club Café (uncredited)

John Gallaudet

as Artie (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

as Woman in Drugstore (uncredited)

John Indrisano

as Boxer Handler (uncredited)

George Magrill

as Policeman (uncredited)

Kitty McHugh

as Agnes (uncredited)

Mike Morelli

as Reporter at Press Club Café (uncredited)

Stephen Roberts

as Eye Doctor (uncredited)

Dewey Robinson

as Drugstore Patron (uncredited)

Carl Sklover

as Reporter at Press Club Café (uncredited)

Hayward Soo Hoo

as Kid in Drugstore (uncredited)

Arthur Tovey

as Reporter (uncredited)

Philip Van Zandt

as Police Lt. Schiavone (uncredited)

Tommy Walker

as Man at Counter Trying to Pick-Up Claire (uncredited)

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