The Strange Mrs. Crane

Oct 7, 1948

1h 2m

★ 6.0

The Scandalous... the Secretive... the Sinister

Overview

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Eagle-Lion Films

John Sutherland Productions

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Cast

Gina Crane

Marjorie Lord

Floyd Durant

Robert Shayne

Clinton Crane

Pierre Watkin

Mark Emery

James Seay

Barbara Arnold

Ruth Brady

Edna Emmerson

Claire Whitney

Jeanette Woods

Dorothy Granger

Nora

Mary Gordon

Fred Marlow

Chester Clute

Nellie Carter

Minerva Urecal

Flanagan

Emmett Vogan

Juror

Charles Williams

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