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The Man Who Cheated Himself (1950)

The Man Who Cheated Himself poster
Directed by
Felix E. Feist
Genre
drama film, film noir, crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 21m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 52 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy woman shoots her abusive husband and a detective covers it up because they are having an affair. His younger brother, a rookie cop, investigates the murder.

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What happens

The Man Who Cheated Himself is a 1950 American crime film noir directed by Felix E. Feist and starring Lee J. Cobb, Jane Wyatt and John Dall. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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