Money and the Woman (1940)

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Country: USA
Genres: Crime, Drama
Release: 1940-08-17
Director: William K. Howard
Writers: James M. Cain , Robert Presnell Sr.
Language: English
Stars: Jeffrey Lynn , Brenda Marshall , John Litel (1892–1972) , Lee Patrick , Henry O’Neill (I) (1891–1961) , Roger Pryor , Guinn ‘Big Boy’ Williams , Henry Kolker , William Gould , Edward Keane
Runtime: 67 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Money and the Woman (United States of America) , El dinero y la mujer (Mexico) , A Mulher e o Dinheiro (Brazil) , Money and the Woman , A Mulher e o Dinheiro (Portugal, Portuguese Republic)
Plot: The City Trust and Savings Bank sends Vice President Dave Bennett to a branch office to check on a Charles Patterson. Charlie has greatly increased the amount of money in savings and is very involved with all of his customers. When offered a chance to run a new branch in Santa Monica, Charlie declines and is taken ill. His wife, Barbara, tells Dave that Charlie needs an operation and she will fill in for him at his savings window. Against the advice of Martha and Branch manager Jerry Helm, Dave does hire Barbara to do the job. When Dave works the window when Barbara goes to lunch, he notices that the accounts are short and the amount comes out to $9000. Dave does not know if Barbara or Charlie has taken the money, but Barbara blames Charlie and as Dave is sweet on her, he personally loans her the money. Dave hopes that this will end the problems and that Barbara will divorce Charlie but there is more trouble ahead for Dave Bennett.
IMDB:tt0032806