Dishonored Lady
Unbridled passion . . . scandal . . . murder!
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Produced by Hunt Stromberg Productions
A noir-inflected psychological drama about a woman's spiral through loveless affairs and mental crisis, seeking redemption through isolation and new connection.
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with advertiser Felix Courtland, the increasingly depressed Madeleine attempts suicide. When Jack Garet, her secretary and former lover, tries to blackmail her, Madeleine resigns and seeks a reclusive life. Neighbor David Cousins befriends Madeleine, but soon Courtland and Garet discover her whereabouts and disrupt her new life.
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