ruin Bellamy and her husband, who has now been indicted for graft. Bellamy confronts Semple with a gun and demands he phone the attorney general and confess everything, but a physical struggle ensues and she shoots him dead. At the end, Bellamy is in prison awaiting a ruling and Reynolds indicates he will stick by her. Cast Joan Crawford as Lane Bellamy Zachary Scott as Fielding Carlisle Sydney Greenstreet as Sheriff Titus Semple Gladys George as Lute Mae Sanders David Brian as Dan Reynolds Virginia Huston as Annabelle Weldon Fred Clark as Dr. Waterson Gertrude Michael as Millie Tito Vuolo as Pete Ladas Alice White as Gracie Sam McDaniel as Boatright Reception and box office Howard Barnes wrote in the New York Herald Tribune, "Joan Crawford acquits herself ably in an utterly nonsensical and undefined part...It's no fault of hers she cannot handle the complicated romances and double crosses in which she is involved." Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called it a "jumbled melodrama" in which Crawford robotically experiences a series of crises. Variety described it as "a class vehicle for Joan Crawford, loaded with heartbreak, romance and stinging violence." According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $2,263,000 in the U.S. and $633,000 in other markets. Home media The film was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in 1998, which also issued it on DVD in 2008 as part of "The Joan Crawford Collection: Volume 2". References External links 1949 films 1949 drama films American drama films American black-and-white films Film noir Warner Bros. films Films adapted into television shows American films based on plays Films based on American novels Films directed by Michael Curtiz Films scored by Max Steiner Films based on adaptations 1940s English-language films 1940s American films