Brian Donlevy
Walter Williams
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Synopsis
A prosperous businessman survives an attempt on his life and realizes that his wife helped arrange it. Believed dead, he takes refuge in a small town and begins to imagine a different existence. The decision to return turns a story of personal reinvention into a struggle to establish what happened and who can be believed.
Cast
DirectorsArthur Lubin
Behind the scenes
The film was made in Northern California, using San Francisco and Bay Area locations. The visible local businesses and commercial signs drew attention from trade reviewers; their appearance documents the streets as well as supplying a setting for the crime story, without establishing that the placements were paid advertising.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Brian Donlevy — Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn-ad agency for Campbell's Soup, the show's sponsor. · Public domain
- Ella Raines — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
- Charles Coburn — Ernest A. Bachrach via RKO · Public domain
- Helen Walker — Unknown author Unknown author · Public domain
