Wives Under Suspicion



Wives Under Suspicion is a 1938 American crime film based on a 1932 Ladislas Fodor play that was previously adapted into the film, The Kiss Before the Mirror. This version was directed by James Whale and stars Warren William, Gail Patrick, Ralph Morgan, and Constance Moore. It released by Universal Pictures. In 1966, the film entered the public domain in the United States because the claimants did not renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.

Plot
A district attorney Jim Stowell (Warren William) realizes that his own wife (Gail Patrick) might be having an affair while he is prosecuting a cuckolded murderer.

Cast

 * Warren William as District Attorney Jim Stowell
 * Gail Patrick as Lucy Stowell
 * Ralph Morgan as Professor Shaw MacAllen
 * William Lundigan as Phil
 * Constance Moore as Elizabeth
 * Cecil Cunningham as "Sharpy"
 * Jonathan Hale as Dan Allison
 * Lillian Yarbo as Creola
 * Milburn Stone as Eddie Kirk
 * J. Anthony Hughes as Murphy
 * Samuel S. Hinds as David Marrow
 * Edward LeSaint as Judge (uncredited)

Earlier version
Wives Under Suspicion is a remake of a film also directed by Whale, The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933). Ralph Morgan, brother of Frank Morgan, who plays the prosecutor in The Kiss Before the Mirror, appears in the remake.