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…
Réalisateur Max Ophüls
Distribution
Pat Barton
Receptionist (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley
Bank Guard (uncredited)
Geraldine Brooks
Bea Harper
Charles Jordan
Man (uncredited)
Ann Shoemaker
Mrs. Catherine Feller (uncredited)
Harry Harvey
Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Norman Leavitt
Second Postal Clerk (uncredited)
James Mason
Martin Donnelly
Everett Glass
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Al Bain
Man (uncredited)
Kathryn Card
Mrs. Loring (uncredited)
Dorothy Phillips
Woman (uncredited)
Kenneth Kendall
Man (uncredited)
Mike Mahoney
Policeman (uncredited)
Louis Mason
Mike (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Man (uncredited)
Frances E. Williams
Sybil (uncredited)
Jessie Arnold
Old Lady (uncredited)
Gail Bonney
Woman (uncredited)
Harry Wilson
Man in Bus Depot (uncredited)
Robert Gordon
Man (uncredited)
Charles Evans
Bank Official (uncredited)
Roy Roberts
Nagel
Joan Bennett
Lucia Harper
Shepperd Strudwick
Ted Darby
Chet Brandenburg
Department Store Customer (uncredited)
Peter Brocco
Pete the Bartender (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Henry O'Neill
Tom Harper
Virginia Hunter
Girl (uncredited)
William Schallert
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Karl 'Killer' Davis
Wrestler (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
Woman (uncredited)