The Strange Woman

Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller

In Bangor, Maine in 1824, a cruel young girl named Jenny Hager pushes a terrified Ephraim Poster into a river knowing he cannot swim. She is prepared to let him drown until Judge Saladine happens by, at which point Jenny jumps into the water and takes credit for saving the boy's life.

About ten years later, Jenny has grown up to be a beautiful but equally heartless and manipulative young woman. She secretly schemes to wed the richest man in town, the much older timber baron Isaiah Poster, while his son Ephraim is away to college at Cambridge.

Directed by: Edgar G. Ulmer
Starring: Hedy Lamarr, George Sanders, Louis Hayward
Written by: Hunt Stromberg, Edgar G. Ulmer
Screenplay by: Herb Meadow, based on The Strange Woman novel by Ben Ames Williams
Music by: Carmen Dragon

Running time: 100 minutes
Release: 1946
Language: English
Country: United States

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