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Sleep, My Love is a american film of genre Drama directed by Douglas Sirk released in USA on 18 february 1948 with Claudette Colbert

Sleep, My Love (1948)

Sleep, My Love
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Released in USA 18 february 1948
Length 1h37
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Noir,    Crime
Rating67% 3.393123.393123.393123.393123.39312

Sleep, My Love is a 1948 film noir directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings and Don Ameche.

Synopsis

Alison Courtland, a wealthy New Yorker, hasn't a clue how she ended up on a train bound for Boston. When she phones her husband, Richard, the police listen in and learn from Richard that his wife has threatened him with a gun. On a flight home, fellow passenger Bruce Elcott falls in love with the married but unhappy Alison. Her husband makes Alison begin seeing Dr. Rhinehart, a psychiatrist. But it turns out that Rhinehart is a fake. He is actually Charles Vernay, a photographer hired by Richard Courtland, who is having an affair with another woman and hopes to get rid of Alison for good.

Actors

Claudette Colbert

(Alison Courtland)
Robert Cummings

(Bruce Elcott)
Don Ameche

(Richard W. Courtland)
Rita Johnson

(Barby)
George Coulouris

(Charles Vernay)
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