They Won't Believe Me

1947

Drama / Film-Noir / Romance

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 3635 3.6K

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Plot summary

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Director

Irving Pichel Photo
Irving Pichel

Top cast

Martin Wilkins Photo
Martin Wilkins as Jamaican Sailor
Harry Harvey Photo
Harry Harvey as Judge Charles Fletcher
John Alban Photo
John Alban as Theatre Patron
Steve Carruthers Photo
Steve Carruthers as Theatre Patron
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870.37 MB
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23.976 fps
1 hr 34 min
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1.58 GB
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English 2.0
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1 hr 34 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by JPV852 7 / 10

Decent, if not also a bit slow, film

Decent, if not also a bit slow, film noir crime-drama, features some fine performances by Robert Young and Susan Hayward. Had fun with the numerous amounts of irony including ending. Should also note this is the original 95-minute version, seen on home video for the first time in 20 years (re-issue version was only 80-minutes). **3.5/5**
Reviewed by John Chard 8 / 10

Touched by the hand of God/Satan. They Won't

Touched by the hand of God/Satan. They Won't Believe Me is directed by Irving Pichel and adapted to screenplay by Jonathan Latimer from a story by Gordon McDonell. It stars Robert Young, Susan Hayward, Jane Greer and Rita Johnson. Music is by Roy Webb and cinematography by Harry J. Wild. Larry Ballentine (Young) is on trial for murder and he tells his story in flashback. Three dames and fate does not a good mix make. "She looked like a very special kind of dynamite, neatly wrapped in nylon and silk. Only I wasn't having any. I'd been too close to one explosion already. I was powder shy". A splendid slice of noir drama is put together by a group of film makers who knew how to make the noir style of film making work. The story has all the requisite ingredients to lure the interested viewers in, twists and turns, vipers and snipers, dialogue so sharp you could cut a steak with it, and a love rat protagonist (Young splendid in a break from his normal roles) being toyed with by Old Noir Nick and his friend The Fate. In true noir tradition the plot is a little "out there", the middle section drags at times, while Harry Wild's cinematography doesn't kick in till a good hour into the play (worth the wait though!). But this is a little noir treasure waiting to be seen by more people. It's not unknown, the cast list ensures that is not the case, but in film noir circles it doesn't often crop up for discussion. It should, for it's tricky and devilish and pays off with a finale straight out of noirville. 8/10
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