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No Man of Her Own
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
- Original title
- No Man of Her Own
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
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John Chard
Feb 9, 2020 · via TMDB
Identity it's a crisis can't you see! No Man of Her Own is directed by Mitchell Leisen and adapted to screenplay by Sally Benson and Catherine Turney from the novel "I Married a Dead Man" written by William Irish (Cornell Woolrich. It stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Henry O'Neill, Phyllis Thaxter, Richard Denning and Lyle Bettger. Callously jilted by the man who has made her pregnant, Helen Ferguson (Stanwyck) survives a train crash and is mistaken for another woman, Patrice Harkness (Thaxter), who was killed in the crash. The woman, who she had befriended on the train, was also pregnant and recently married to a man who also died in the crash (Denning as Hugh Harkness). The rich Harkness in-laws, having never met Patrice, take who they think is Patrice into their home and even though Helen is tormented by her deceit, she spies an opportunity to give her child a grand life. But will she be found out? Will her past come to light with dire consequences?. Film noir styles meets melodramatic verve in what is still a riveting picture, even if the implausibility of it all is hard to swallow. Stanwyck gives it the whole shebang, carrying the film on her shoulders as she hits all the right emotive beats of a double characterisation that brings guilt, shame and conflict of interests. Lund is sadly bland as the Harkness sibling love interest, but the rest of the cast do sterling work, notably Cowl as the Harkness patriarch. Cowl would pass away the year of the film's release. From a film noir perspective it's disappointing that the filmic finale is different to that of Woolrich's novel. However, the story of a destitute unmarried woman thrown a bone by the vagaries of fate is in true noir fashions - as is the turn of events when things go dark in the last third as the past comes knocking at the door of settled bliss in the form of Bettger's oily Stephen Morley. A love story, a survivalist story, one of blackmail, deceit and murder, lots going on in a hugely enjoyable entertainment. 8/10
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Barbara Stanwyck
Helen Ferguson
John Lund
Bill Harkness
Jane Cowl
Mrs. Harkness
Phyllis Thaxter
Patrice Harkness
Lyle Bettger
Stephen Morley
Henry O'Neill
Mr. Harkness
Richard Denning
Hugh Harkness
Carole Mathews
Blonde
Esther Dale
Josie
Milburn Stone
Plainclothesman
Griff Barnett
Dr. Parker
Harry Antrim
Ty Winthrop
Catherine Craig
Rosalie Baker
Georgia Backus
Nurse (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
Justice of the Peace's Wife (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Clara Larrimore (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Sumner Getchell
John Larrimore (uncredited)
William Haade
Cop (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Doctor in hospital (uncredited)
Edna Holland
Nurse (uncredited)
Esther Howard
Frowsy Woman in boardinghouse (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Minister (uncredited)
Richard Keene
Clerk (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe
Cab Driver (uncredited)
Helen Mowery
Harriet Olsen (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Train Passenger (uncredited)
Gordon Nelson
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Policeman (uncredited)
Kasey Rogers
Friend of family (uncredited)
Jean Ruth
Nurse (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Ray Walker
Plainsclothesman (uncredited)
Willard Waterman
Jack Olsen (uncredited)
Dave Willock
Jimmy Baker (uncredited)
Dooley Wilson
Waiter on Train (uncredited)
Henry Bumstead
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Daniel L. Fapp
Director of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Mitchell Leisen
Director
Richard Maibaum
Producer
Hugo Friedhofer
Original Music Composer
Cornell Woolrich
Novel
Catherine Turney
Screenplay
Sally Benson
Screenplay
Mitchell Leisen
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