They Won't Believe Me

Jul 16, 1947

1h 35m

★ 6.5

He lived a lie that led him from one disastrous love to another!

Overview

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

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Cast

Larry Ballentine

Robert Young

Verna Carlson

Susan Hayward

Janice Bell

Jane Greer

Greta Ballentine

Rita Johnson

Trenton

Tom Powers

Lieutenant Carr

George Tyne

Thomason

Don Beddoe

Mr. Cahill

Frank Ferguson

Judge Charles Fletcher

Harry Harvey

Henry Bascombe (uncredited)

Byron Foulger

Aunt Martha Hines (uncredited)

Lillian Bronson

Susan Haines (uncredited)

Janet Shaw

Nick Garcos comes back from his tour of duty in World War II planning to settle down with his girlfriend, Polly Faber. He learns, however, that his father was recently beaten and burglarized by mob-connected trucker Mike Figlia, and Nick resolves to get even. He partners with prostitute Rica, and together they go after Mike, all the while getting pulled further into the local crime underworld.

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