A Woman's Devotion

A Woman's Devotion
A Woman's Devotion
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Paul Henreid
Screenplay by	Robert Hill
Story by	Robert Hill
Produced by	Herbert J. Yates ; John Bash
Starring	Ralph Meeker; Janice Rule; Paul Henreid
Cinematography	Jorge Stahl Jr.
Edited by	Richard L. Van Enger
Music by	Les Baxter
Color process	Trucolor
Production; company	Republic Pictures
Distributed by	Republic Pictures
Release date	November 16, 1956;
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Mexico; United States
Language	English

A Woman's Devotion is a 1956 American film noir directed by Paul Henreid and starring Ralph Meeker, Janice Rule, Henreid and Rosenda Monteros.^[1] It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.

Plot

Artist Trevor Stevenson (Meeker), an emotionally scarred World War II veteran, is on honeymoon in Acapulco with his bride Stella (Rule). Shortly after their arrival, two women are murdered. The audience is presented with clues pointing to Trevor's guilt or innocence depending upon one's point of view.

Cast

Ralph Meeker as Trevor Stevenson
Janice Rule as Stella Stevenson
Paul Henreid as Capt. Henrique Monteros
Rosenda Monteros as María
Fanny Schiller as Señora Reidl
José Torvay as Gómez
Yerye Beirute as Amigo Herrera
Tony Carbajal as Sergeant
Jaime González Quiñones as Roberto
Carlos Riquelme as Chief of police

Production

The film was originally known as Acapulco.^[2] Henreid says he got Franz Waxman to score the picture but Herbert Yates of Republic overruled him.^[3]

Reception

Henreid later claimed the film was "absolutely ruined" by the studio. "It was a decent film, not a great film by any means... apparently they didn't understand the film at all and they cut essential parts."^[2]

References

^ Lyons, Arthur. Death on the Cheap: The Lost B Movies of Film Noir!, 2000. New York: Da Capo. ISBN 978-0-306-80996-5.
^ ^a ^b (subscription required)Alpert, D. (Oct 13, 1963). "Other end of megaphone gives henreid new outlook". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 168339025.
^ Henreid, Paul; Fast, Julius (1984). Ladies man : an autobiography. St. Martin's Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN 978-0-312-46384-7.