WIVES UNDER SUSPICION (1938) Warren William, Gail Patrick | Crime, Drama, Romance | B&W

Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 American crime film based on a 1932 Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the film, The Kiss Before the Mirror. This version was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore. It released by Universal Pictures. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.

SYNOPSIS
A prosecutor trying a case where a husband shot his adulterous wife begins to suspect that his own wife is having an affair, and starts to have his own thoughts about killing her.

A district attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) realizes that his own wife (Gail Patrick) might be having an affair while he is prosecuting a cuckolded murderer.

CAST & CREW
Warren William as District Attorney Jim Stowell
Gail Patrick as Lucy Stowell
Ralph Morgan as Professor Shaw MacAllen
William Lundigan as Phil
Constance Moore as Elizabeth
Cecil Cunningham as "Sharpy"
Jonathan Hale as Dan Allison
Lillian Yarbo as Creola
Milburn Stone as Eddie Kirk
J. Anthony Hughes as Murphy
Samuel S. Hinds as David Marrow

Directed by James Whale
Screenplay by Myles Connolly
Based on based on the play by Ladislas Fodor
Produced by Edmund Grainger
Cinematography George Robinson
Edited by Charles Maynard
Music by Frank Skinner
Production company Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date June 3, 1938
Running time 69 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $205,000

NOTES
Wives Under Suspicion is a remake of a film also directed by Whale, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). Ralph Morgan, brother of Frank Morgan, who plays the prosecutor in The Kiss Before the Mirror, appears in the remake.