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Tension is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by John Berry, and written by Allen Rivkin, based on a story written by John D. Klorer. It stars Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse and Barry Sullivan. The film features an early score from composer Andre Previn.
Tension: Directed by John Berry. With Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan. A meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover.
Synopsis, historical analysis, personnel profiles, contemporary reviews, and discussion of the film Tension, released in 1949 by MGM, starring Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan and Lloyd Gough, and directed by John Berry.
Tension (1949) trailer Directed by John Berry. With Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse.Too many film noir trailers seem to be disappearing off of ...
Brief Synopsis. A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it. Cast & Crew. Read More. John Berry. Director. Richard Basehart. Warren Quimby [also known as Paul Southern] Audrey Totter. Claire Quimby. Cyd Charisse. Mary Chanler. Barry Sullivan. Lt. Collier Bonnabel. Lloyd Gough.
Tension (1949) sits at the apex of 1940s fantasy film noir in which the darkest thoughts become rampant reality — it is one of the style's best examples of obsessive, uninhibited dark tales of suburban and urban America, involving a doomed marriage, feral morals and weakness.
The timid pharmacist Warren Quimby works hard on the night shift of a drugstore to give a good life to his promiscuous wife Claire Quimby. When Claire leaves him to live with her lover, the liquor salesman Barney Deager, Warren schemes to kill Barney.
