Framed

Truck driver Mike Lambert is a down-and-out mining engineer searching for a job. When his rig breaks down in a small town, he happens upon a venomous seductress. When her boyfriend robs a bank, they intend to frame Lambert.

Cast

Glenn Ford

as Mike Lambert

Janis Carter

as Paula Craig

Barry Sullivan

as Steve Price

Edgar Buchanan

as Jeff Cunningham

Karen Morley

as Beth

Jim Bannon

as Jack Woodworth

Art Smith

as Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Lillian Wells

as Girl in Coffee Shop (uncredited)

Stanley Andrews

as (uncredited)

Walter Baldwin

as (uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

I'm right back where I started. Nowhere!! Framed (AKA: Paula) is directed by Richard Wallace and adapted to screenplay by Ben Maddow from a story written by Jack Patrick. It stars Glenn Ford, Janis Carter, Barry Sullivan and Edgar Buchanan. Music is by Marlin Skiles and cinematography by Burnett...

CinemaSerf

Glenn Ford is the penniless mining engineer "Mike" with a penchant for the whisky, who arrives in a small town and is soon ensnared in the intriguing web of "Paula" (Janis Carter) who wants to use him to help her and bank manager boyfriend "Price' (Steve Sullivan) to hoodwink the genial old prospect...

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