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Temptation

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Original title

Temptation

Year

1946

Running time

98 min.

Country

United States

Director

Irving Pichel

Screenwriter

Robert Thoeren. Play: James B. Fagan. Novel: Robert Hichens

Cast

Music

Daniele Amfitheatrof

Cinematography

Lucien Ballard (B&W)

Producer

International Pictures

Genre

Drama. Thriller

Synopsis

In a flashback, late-Victorian beauty Ruby, a divorcee with a shady past, calculatingly marries rich Egyptologist Nigel, who installs her at his Cairo estate while he digs for mummies. Bored, Ruby undertakes to recover a friend's letters from Baroudi. But when she meets the blackmailer, mutual attraction leads to an affair. As Ruby gets in deeper, she finds Baroudi is even more unscrupulous than she dreamed.

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Temptation

1946

Irving Pichel