| Tension | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | John Berry |
| Produced by | Robert Sisk |
| Written by | John D. Klorer (story) Allen Rivkin |
| Starring | Richard Basehart Audrey Totter |
| Music by | André Previn |
| Cinematography | Harry Stradling |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | January 11, 1950 New York City |
| Running time | 95 min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Tension is a 1950 crime thriller film, considered film noir. The film was shot in Culver City and Malibu, California.
Plot
A mousy drugstore manager, Warren Quimby (Richard Basehart), is married to sexy, man-hungry Claire (Audrey Totter). She leaves him for another man, Barney (Lloyd Gough). Quimby decides to murder the man. He devises a complex plan, which involves assuming a new identity, to make it look like someone else murdered Claire's new boyfriend but can't go through with the killing. Barney is instead murdered by another man but all the evidence points to Quimby.
Featured cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Richard Basehart | Warren Quimby/Paul Sothern |
| Audrey Totter | Mrs. Claire Quimby |
| Cyd Charisse | Mary Chanler |
| Barry Sullivan | Police Lt. Collier Bonnabel |
| Lloyd Gough | Barney Deager |
| Tom D'Andrea | Freddie, Coast to Coast Counter Man |
| William Conrad | Police Lt. Edgar 'Blackie' Gonsales |
| Tito Renaldo | Narco, Deager's Valet |
 American films of the 1950s |
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| 1950 •1951 •1952 •1953 •1954 •1955 •1956 •1957 •1958 •1959 |
