The Man Who Cheated Himself

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

Cast

Lee J. Cobb

as Lt. Ed Cullen

Jane Wyatt

as Lois Frazer

John Dall

as Andy Cullen

Lisa Howard

as Janet Cullen

Harlan Warde

as Howard Frazer

Tito Vuolo

as Pietro Capa

Charles Arnt

as Ernest Quimby (as Charles E. Arnet)

Marjorie Bennett

as Muriel Quimby

Alan Wells

as Nito Capa

Mimi Aguglia

as Mrs. Capa

Reviews

John Chard

She's no good, but she's good for me! The Man Who Cheated Himself is directed by Felix E. Feist and written by Seton I. Miller and Phillip MacDonald. It stars Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt, John Dall and Lisa Howard. Music is by Louis Forbes and cinematography by Russell Harlan. Ed Cullen (Cobb) is ...

CinemaSerf

This is quite a decent little crime noir with Lee J. Cobb as a veteran police officer called in to investigate a murder. Thing is, the murdered man just happens to be the young (soon to be ex) husband of his wealthy lover Jane Wyatt ("Lois"). It isn't long before we start to suspect some sort of cov...

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