The File on Thelma Jordon (DVD)

The File on Thelma Jordon is a 1950 film noir directed by noir veteran Robert Siodmak (The Dark Mirror, the Killers). No one is as good as Barbara Stanwyck (No Man of Her Own) when she's bad - the legendary actress play Thelma Jordon, a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney (Wendell Corey, Hell's Half Acre) and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Her aunt's mansion is burglarized and the woman is murdered, Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotages the prosecution. The File on Thelma Jordon is a romantic and unusual mystery with great performances and superior direction. Beautifully shot by George Barnes (Spellbound) with a haunting score by Victor Young (The Quiet Man).

Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Laura Elliott, Gertrude Hoffman, Byron Barr, Gertrude W. Hoffman, Gig Young, Laura Elliot, Steve Roberts, Richard Rober, Minor Watson, Barry Kelley, Basil Ruysdael, Jane Novak, Harry Antrim, Kate Lawson, Theresa Harris, Byron [S.] Barr, Geraldine Wall, Jonathan Corey, Robin Corey, Garry Owen, Jim Davies, Clancy Cooper, Stephen Roberts, Ottola Nesmith, Stan Johnson, Virginia Hunter, Nolan Leary, Eddie Parks, Rodney Bell, Dorothy Klewer, Michael Ann Barrett, Fairy Cunningham, Geraldine Jordan, Lee Phelps, Kenneth Tobey, Tony Merrill, Howard Gardiner, Jerry James, Bill Meader, Eric Alden, Nick Cravat, Jack Roberts, Lew Harvey, Bill Hawes, Gertrude Astor, Carolie Fitzharris, John Cortay, Ethel Bryant, William Hamel, Harry Templeton, Sam McDaniel, Lynn Whitney, Dot Farley, Mary Gordon, Lorna Jordan, Ezelle Poule

Director: Hal B. Wallis, Roger Corman

Rating: NR