Journal of a Crime

Mar 10, 1934

1h 5m

★ 5.7

Hell Hath No Fury Like a Wife Starved for Love!

Overview

A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.

Genres

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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Cast

Francoise Mollet

Ruth Chatterton

Paul Mollet

Adolphe Menjou

Odette Florey

Claire Dodd

Chautard

George Barbier

Cartier (as Douglas Dumbrille)

Douglass Dumbrille

Costelli

Noel Madison

Doctor

Henry O'Neill

Young Man at Party

Phillip Reed

Henri Marcher

Henry Kolker

Herr Winterstein

Frank Reicher

Rigaud

Edward McWade

Florestan

Walter Pidgeon

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5.5

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6.4

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4.1

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7.2

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5.8

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5.3

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6.0

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0.0

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2.8

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5.3

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7.0

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7.5

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5.7

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0.0

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5.6

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