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The Strange Woman
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Hedy Lamarr, draped in a dark shawl, gazes intently at Louis Hayward and gently holds his face in a dramatic scene from the film noir The Strange Woman (1946).
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The Strange Woman

film by Ulmer [1946]
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    Edgar G. Ulmer
    / Later films

    …direct the expensive film noir The Strange Woman (1946) at United Artists (UA). Hedy Lamarr starred as a woman in 1820s Maine who plots to have her wealthy husband killed. Carnegie Hall (1947) was an atypical entry in Ulmer’s filmography, a UA musical that was more highbrow than his usual…

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    …direct the expensive film noir The Strange Woman (1946) at United Artists (UA). Hedy Lamarr starred as a woman in 1820s Maine who plots to have her wealthy husband killed. Carnegie Hall (1947) was an atypical entry in Ulmer’s filmography, a UA musical that was more highbrow than his usual…

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