Tension

• 6.8 Crime
• 1949-11-25
• 95 minutes mins

Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.

Starring:

Richard Basehart (Warren Quimby) Audrey Totter (Claire Quimby) Cyd Charisse (Mary Chanler) Barry Sullivan (Lt. Collier Bonnabel) Lloyd Gough (Barney Deager) Tom D'Andrea (Freddie, Coast to Coast Counter Man) William Conrad (Lt. Edgar Gonsales) Tito Renaldo (Narco, Deager's Valet) Virginia Brissac (Mrs. Andrews (uncredited)) Theresa Harris (Woman in Drugstore (uncredited))

Director:

John Berry

Writer:

Allen Rivkin