The Strange Woman (1946)

The Strange Woman (1946)

„The Strange Woman“ is a 1946 historical melodrama film directed by Edgar G. Ulmer and Douglas Sirk. The screenplay by Herb Meadow, Hunt Stromberg and Edgar G. Ulmer is based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Ben Ames Williams.

Beautiful Jenny Hager finds she can always get what she wants from the men in the 1820’s port of Bangor, Maine. Freed by the death of her drunkard father she soon manoeuvres herself into a position to marry a middle-aged monied local businessman. Though she often uses his money to do good, she continues to consider all other men fair game.

Cast:

• Hedy Lamarr – Jenny Hager
• George Sanders – John Evered
• Louis Hayward – Ephraim Poster
• Gene Lockhart – Isaiah Poster
• Hillary Brooke – Meg Saladine
• Rhys Williams – Deacon Adams
• June Storey – Lena Tempest
• Moroni Olsen – Rev. Thatcher
• Olive Blakeney – Mrs. Hollis
• Kathleen Lockhart – Mrs. Partridge
• Alan Napier – Judge Henry Saladine
• Dennis Hoey – Tim Hager
• Ian MacDonald – Boat Captain
• Billy Gray – Boy on Bridge
• Teddy Infuhr – Boy on Bridge
• Ed Agresti – Congregation Member
• John Alban – Congregation Member
• Frank Baker – Congregation Member
• Harry Evans – Congregation Member
• Connie Lamont – Congregation Member
• Francis Pierlot – Dr. Bailey
• Ray Teal – Duncan
• Christopher Severn – Ephraim Poster as Child
• Chief Yowlachie – Indian Guide
• Jo Ann Marlowe – Jenny, as a Girl
• Ian Keith – Lincoln Pittridge
• Clancy Cooper – Lumberjack
• Ralph Dunn – Lumberjack
• Al Ferguson – Lumberjack
• Harry Wilson – Lumberjack
• Edward Biby – Mr. Partridge
• Edith Evanson – Mrs. Coggins
• Katherine Yorke – Mrs. Pittridge
• Jessie Arnold – Mrs. Thatcher
• George Magrill – Poster’s Workman
• Brick Sullivan – Poster’s Workman
• Fred Aldrich – Sailor in Saloon
• Johnny Kern – Sailor In Saloon
• Fred Graham – Street Rowdy

„The Strange Woman“ ist ein historisches Melodram von 1946 unter der Regie von Edgar G. Ulmer und Douglas Sirk. Das Drehbuch von Herb Meadow, Hunt Stromberg und Edgar G. Ulmer basiert auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von Ben Ames Williams aus dem Jahr 1941.

Die schöne Jenny Hager stellt fest, dass sie von den Männern in der Hafenstadt Bangor, Maine, in den 1820er Jahren immer bekommt, was sie will. Nach dem Tod ihres trunksüchtigen Vaters wird sie in die Lage versetzt, einen einflussreichen Geschäftsmann mittleren Alters zu heiraten. Obwohl sie sein Geld oft für gute Zwecke einsetzt, betrachtet sie alle anderen Männer weiterhin als Freiwild.