Take My Life

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Take My Life

1947

1h 19m

7.2(6 votes)

Thriller

Crime

Overview

When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.

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34 members

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Hugh Williams

Nicholas Talbot

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Greta Gynt

Phillipa Shelley

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Marius Goring

Sidney Fleming

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Francis L. Sullivan

Prosecuting Counsel

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Henry Edwards

Inspector Archer

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Rosalie Crutchley

Elizabeth Rusman

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Marjorie Mars

Joan Newcombe

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Maurice Denham

Defense Counsel

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Margaret Boyd

Mrs. Turnbull

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Leo Bieber

Parone, Orchestra Conductor

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Herbert C. Walton

Grieve

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Dodd Mehan

Chemist

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Hugh Kelly

Casualty Ward Doctor

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Dorothy Bramhall

Nurse

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Nelly Arno

Mrs. Rusman

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Frederick Morant

Concert Agent

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Grace Denbigh Russell

Orchestra Leader

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Eleanor Summerfield

Miss Carteret

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Olive Walter

Mrs. Langridge

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Patrick Susands

Shaw

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Henry Morrell

Judge

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Leo Britt

John Newcombe

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Keith Lloyd

Bungey Baker

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Deidre Doyle

Annie Baird

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Ronald Adam

Det Sgt Hawkins - Deaf Man

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David Walbridge

Leslie Newcombe

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J. Hubert Leslie

Angus Baird

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John Boxer

Policeman Making Charge Statement (Uncredited)

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Madge Brindley

Lady with Children at Station (Uncredited)

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Daniel Brown

Man in Pub (Uncredited)

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Gerald Campion

Newspaper Seller at Station (Uncredited)

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Dennis Harkin

Man in Phone Box at Station (Uncredited)

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Fred Nicholas

Detective Kellett (Uncredited)

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Campbell Singer

Police Station Sergeant (Uncredited)

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