Cause for alarm

Cause for alarm

Original title: Cause for alarm
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Country: United States
Director: Tay Garnett
Script: Mel Dinelli; Tom Lewis; Lawrence B. Marcus
Photography: Joseph Ruttenberg
Music: André Previn
Cast: Loretta Young; Barry Sullivan; Bruce Cowling; Margalo Gillmore
Year: 1951
Duration: 74
Genre: Thriller
Color: BW
Original language: English
Languages available: English; Spanish
Subtitles: Spanish
Keywords: Film-noir, cine negro

Synopsis:

Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill him. He writes a letter to his lawyer detailing their alleged murder plot. After he has Ellen give the letter to their postman, he reveals its contents to her and then threatens her with a gun. The excitement proves too much and George suffers a fatal collapse. Now Ellen must find a way to retrieve the incriminating letter.