Shed No Tears

A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.

Cast

Wallace Ford

as Sam Grover

June Vincent

as Edna Grover

Mark Roberts

as Ray Belden

Johnstone White

as Huntington Stewart

Dick Hogan

as Tom Grover

Frank Albertson

as Hutton

Elena Verdugo

as Marilyn

Betty Blythe

as Mrs. Peet (Uncredited)

Mary Treen

as Hilda (Uncredited)

Oliver Blake

as Ray Belden's Landlord (Uncredited)

Reviews

John Chard

Single Indemnity… Directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Wallace Ford and June Vincent, Shed No Tears was once one of those lost film noirs that noiristas craved to see. Now widely available to view, it proves to be a decent journey into noirville, even if it becomes a touch shaky come the final...

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