Les Désemparés
Son mari étant sans cesse en déplacement, Lucia Harper vit avec ses deux enfants chez son beau-père. Sa fille Béatrice s'éprend d'un homme peu recommandable, Ted Darby. Cette relation inquiète, à juste titre, Lucia qui veut y mettre fin. Après une rencontre entre Béatrice et Darby, Lucia retrouve Darby mort. Pour protéger sa fille, elle fait disparaitre le corps et devient alors la proie d'un maître chanteur, Martin Donnelly…
Director Max Ophüls
Cast
James Mason
Martin Donnelly
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Policeman (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Mike (uncredited)
Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper
William Schallert
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Roy Roberts
Nagel
Everett Glass
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Al Bain
Man (uncredited)
Pat Barton
Receptionist (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Bank Official (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)
Kenneth Kendall
Man (uncredited)
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Man (uncredited)
Virginia Hunter
Girl (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Second Postal Clerk (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Pete the Bartender (uncredited)
Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper
Chet Brandenburg
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Frances E. Williams
Sybil (uncredited)
Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper
Claire Carleton
Woman (uncredited)
Robert Gordon
Man (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Dorothy Phillips
Woman (uncredited)
Charles Jordan
Man (uncredited)
Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby