The Unfaithful

Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defense. It's later revealed that he was actually her lover and she had posed for an incriminating statue he created.

Cast

Ann Sheridan

as Christine Hunter

Lew Ayres

as Larry Hannaford

Zachary Scott

as Bob Hunter

Eve Arden

as Paula

Jerome Cowan

as Prosecuting Attorney

Steven Geray

as Martin Barrow

John Hoyt

as Det. Lt. Reynolds

Peggy Knudsen

as Claire

Marta Mitrovich

as Mrs. Tanner

Douglas Kennedy

as Roger

Reviews

John Chard

The Statue. The Unfaithful is directed by Vincent Sherman and written by Dave Goodis and James Gunn. It's based around the 1929 play, The Letter, by W. Somerset Maugham. It stars Ann Sheridan, Lew Ayres, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Jerome Cowan, Steven Geray and John Hoyt. Music is by Max Steiner a...

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