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Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion

Crime of Passion is a 1957 American film noir crime drama directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Jo Eisinger. The cast features Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden and Raymond Burr.

Plot

Los Angeles police detective Lieutenant Bill Doyle and his partner, Captain Charlie Alidos, track a female fugitive wanted for murder to San Francisco. Bill meets Kathy Ferguson, a San Francisco newspaper advice columnist, who has helped the investigation by locating the fugitive and gaining her trust. The two fall in love. Kathy's front-page story on the case leads to an offer of employment in New York City, but in spite of having declared she has no interest in marriage and homemaking, she abandons her career, marries Bill and moves to Los Angeles.