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Crime of Passion ()

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Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.
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Kathy Doyle
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Bill Doyle
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Tony Pope
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Alice Pope
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Sara Alidos
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Charlie Alidos
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Detective James
Dennis Cross ...
Detective Jules
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Nalence
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Laboratory Technician
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Officer Spitz
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Reporter
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Mrs. London
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Delivery Boy
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Bradley ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
Ralph Brooks ...
Reporter in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
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Minor Role (uncredited)
Jack Chefe ...
Bartender (uncredited)
Beulah Christian ...
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
Nan Dolan ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
Madelon Erin ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Jason (uncredited)
Jean Howell ...
Mrs. Jules (uncredited)
Helen Jay ...
Newspaper Reader at Bar (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
Eddie Kafafian ...
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Party Guest (uncredited)
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Mrs. James (uncredited)
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Chief of Police (uncredited)
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Husband in Bed (uncredited)
Edward McNally ...
Detective Jones (uncredited)
Patricia Merlin ...
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Marjorie Owens ...
Mrs. Jones (uncredited)
Charles Perry ...
Cornerman (uncredited)
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Bartender (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Nancy Reynolds ...
Mrs. Johns (uncredited)
Al Roberts ...
Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
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Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
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Guest at Birthday Party (uncredited)
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Helpful Man in Bar (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
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Policeman Writing Ticket (uncredited)
Hal Taggart ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey ...
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Brad Trumbull ...
Detective Johns (uncredited)
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Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
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Boxing Spectator (uncredited)
Sally Yarnell ...
Woman Eating Popcorn (uncredited)

Directed by

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Gerd Oswald

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Jo Eisinger ... (original story and screenplay)

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Herman Cohen ... producer
Robert Goldstein ... executive producer (as Bob Goldstein)

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Paul Dunlap

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Joseph LaShelle ... (as Joseph La Shelle)

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Marjorie Fowler ... supervising editor

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A. Leslie Thomas ... (as Leslie Thomas)

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Morris Hoffman

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Shirley Madden ... hair stylist
Robert J. Schiffer ... makeup artist

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Jack R. Berne ... production manager

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Jack R. Berne ... assistant director

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Joe Thompson ... property master (as Joseph Thompson)

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Verna Fields ... sound effects editor
Francis J. Scheid ... sound

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Jack Masters ... wardrobe
Joan Joseff ... costume jeweller (uncredited)

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Jill Campbell ... music editor
Paul Dunlap ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Mary Gibsone ... script supervisor

Additional Crew

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Grace Houston ... clothes: Miss Stanwyck
Crew believed to be complete

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Plot Summary

Kathy is a smart and tough 1950's advice columnist at a San Francisco newspaper, with her name plastered on billboards all over the city. One day, Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles detective, walks into her office - it is instant attraction. After marrying Bill, Kathy gives up her career and becomes a homemaker. However, she is not your typical 1950's homemaker. After hosting several cocktail parties in their San Fernando Valley home, she realizes that Bill is content with his position, and shows no ambition in furthering himself. Kathy will not sit idly by while everyone around her is "moving up in the world". She personally takes upon herself the task of pushing Bill's career along, even if it comes down to murder. Written by Kelly

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Taglines Her husband was lying so close... the gun was even closer... now she was only one sin away from the Crime of Passion. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Love Story (United States)
  • The Deadly Triangle (United States)
  • Meurtrière Ambition (France)
  • Delito de pasión (Spain)
  • Crimă pasională (Romania)
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  • 86 min
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Trivia The last film noir roles of both Barbara Stanwyck and Raymond Burr. It also comes towards the ends of their film careers in general. Both would soon transition to working primarily in television and appearing only occasionally in movies. Burr notably moved from the villainous characters he often portrayed in films to long-running success as the heroic defense attorney in Perry Mason (1957). See more »
Goofs When Kathy calls Alice from the phone booth and hears she is leaving for Honolulu, the reflection of the cameraman is seen all through the scene on the back window of the booth (above left Kathy's head), and it moves as the camera pulls back. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Woman with a Whip (2018). See more »
Quotes Kathy Doyle: I hope all your socks have holes in them and I can sit for hours and hours darning them.
Bill Doyle: I um, I have other plans for you.
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