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The Woman on the Beach (1947)

The Woman on the Beach poster
Directed by
Jean Renoir
Genre
drama film, film noir
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 11m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 54 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Coast Guard officer becomes involved with a married woman. Her blind husband, a former artist, senses the tension between them.

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What happens

The Woman on the Beach is a 1947 American film noir directed by Jean Renoir and starring Joan Bennett, Robert Ryan, and Charles Bickford. It was released by RKO Radio Pictures. The film is a love triangle drama about Scott, a conflicted U.S. Coast Guard officer (Ryan), and his pursuit of Peggy, a married woman (Bennett). Peggy is married to Tod, a blind former artist (Bickford). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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