Crime of Passion
Crime of Passion is a 1957 American film noir crime drama directed by Gerd Oswald and written by Jo Eisinger. The drama features Barbara Stanwyck, Sterling Hayden and Raymond Burr.
Plot
Kathy Ferguson is a San Francisco newspaper advice columnist. One day, Lieutenant Bill Doyle, a Los Angeles police detective, and his partner, Captain Charlie Alidos, track a fugitive wanted for murder to San Francisco. He meets Kathy and they fall in love. She manages to gain the female fugitive's trust and locate her. Kathy's resulting front page story leads to an offer of a big job in New York City, but she abandons her career, marries Bill and moves to Los Angeles.
More details
| author | Jo Eisinger |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Los Angeles |
| director | Gerd Oswald |
| editor | Marjorie Fowler |
| genre | crime drama |
| keywords | act advice columnist car accident front page id murder investigation murder weapon new york city newspaper ad nothing pillow talk plan poison pen letter police department police detective police headquarter police inspector police station question san francisco wanted for murder |
| musicBy | Paul Dunlap |
| producer | Herman Cohen |
| productionCompany | Robert Goldstein Productions |
| publisher | United Artists |
| theme | film noir |