Temptation (1946)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Release: 1946-12-02
Director: Irving Pichel (1891–1954)
Writers: James B. Fagan , Robert Hichens , Robert Thoeren
Language: English
Stars: Merle Oberon , George Brent , Geza Karpathi , Paul Lukas , Lenore Ulric , Arnold Moss , Robert Capa , Aubrey Mather , Ludwig Stössel , André Charlot
Runtime: 98 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Bella Donna (Sweden) , Temptation (United States of America) , Tentación (Argentina) , Tentación (Mexico) , Orientalske nætter (Denmark) , Bella Donna (United States of America) , İhanet (Turkey) , Exileosis (Greece) , Tentação (Brazil) , Tentation (France, French Republic) , Temptation , Temptation (Japan) , Tentação (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Temptation (United Kingdom) , Tentazione (Italy) , Tentación (Spain)
Plot: In a flashback, late-Victorian beauty Ruby, a divorcee with a shady past, calculatingly marries rich Egyptologist Nigel, who installs her at his Cairo estate while he digs for mummies. Bored, Ruby undertakes to recover a friend's letters from Baroudi. But when she meets the blackmailer, mutual attraction leads to an affair. As Ruby gets in deeper, she finds Baroudi is even more unscrupulous than she dreamed.
IMDB:tt0039015