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Tension is a 1949 American crime film noir directed by John Berry, and written by Allen Rivkin, based on a story written by John D. Klorer. It stars Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse and Barry Sullivan. The film features an early score from composer Andre Previn.
Tension: Directed by John Berry. With Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan. A meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover.
A man who had planned to murder his wife's lover becomes the prime suspect when somebody beats him to it.
The timid pharmacist Warren Quimby works hard on the night shift of a drugstore to give a good life to his promiscuous wife Claire Quimby. When Claire leaves him to live with her lover, the liquor salesman Barney Deager, Warren schemes to kill Barney.
Synopsis, historical analysis, personnel profiles, contemporary reviews, and discussion of the film Tension, released in 1949 by MGM, starring Richard Basehart, Audrey Totter, Cyd Charisse, Barry Sullivan and Lloyd Gough, and directed by John Berry.
Overview. Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace.
Tension (1949) is a superlative hen-cucked husband murder mystery double identity hard-boiled cop on the case film noir starring Audrey Totter, Richard Basehart, Barry Sullivan, Cyd Charisse and William Conrad.
