I Love Trouble (1948)
1h 33m | PG-13
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Studio: Cornell Pictures
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Video: 720p
Cast
Franchot Tone
as Stuart Bailey
Janet Blair
as Norma Shannon
Janis Carter
as Mrs. Caprillo aka Jane Breeger aka Janie Joy
Adele Jergens
as Boots Nestor
Glenda Farrell
as Hazel Bixby
Steven Geray
as Keller
Reviews
This is quite a complex tale of murder, blackmail and impersonation. Wealthy Tom Powers ("Johnston") hires private investigator Franchot Tone ("Bailey") to investigate his wife. The digging reveals she had rather an unsavoury past as a dancer who hooked up with an actor and had pinched $40k from her old employers. She turns up dead under Malibu pier and Tone is soon prime suspect for Robert Barrat's "Lt. Quint". It moves along efficiently, with plenty of twists and turns and the support from the two ladies Janet Blair and Janis Carter as well as from John Ireland and a very brief appearance by Raymond Burr keep this drama running well - except, that is, for Tone. He is dreadful - a good looking man with all the charisma of a cheese plant; and virtually no natural abilities with the camera at all. It is also far too long - could have lost 20 minutes without detracting from the plot in any meaningful way. Worth a watch, though.