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''The Suspect'' is a 1944 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, set in London in 1902, in Edwardian times. It is based on the novel ''This Way Out'', by James Ronald, and was released by Universal Pictures. It stars Charles Laughton and Ella Raines. ==Plot== Philip Marshall (Charles Laughton) is a kind, henpecked accountant who strikes up an innocent friendship with a young stenographer (Ella Raines) who had approached him looking for work. He gradually finds himself falling in love with her, but keeps the relationship platonic. His wife Cora (Rosalind Ivan), who has also alienated their son with her shrewish ways, suspects the worst and threatens a scandal. Cora dies after a fall down the stairs at home, and it is left to the viewer to decide whether Marshall arranged the fall or not. It is strongly hinted that he did, although the death appears accidental. A Scotland Yard inspector (Stanley Ridges) suspects that Marshall murdered his wife but is unable to prove anything. An impoverished, drunken, wife-beating neighbor (Henry Daniell) is very interested to learn of the inspector's suspicions, and relishes the chance to blackmail Marshall, whose respectability he envies. He threatens to invent a story about an argument between Marshall and his wife, which would appear to prove that Marshall had killed his wife. Marshall kills his neighbor. When the Inspector hears of this second death, he sets a trap in which he pretends to frame his neighbour's long-suffering innocent wife for the murder. The success of the trap depends on Marshall's coming forward, rather than letting the innocent woman hang. The inspector believes that, in spite of everything, Marshall has never lost his innate decency. File:The-Suspect-1.jpg|Charles Laughton and Rosalind Ivan File:The-Suspect-2.jpg|Ella Raines and Charles Laughton File:The-Suspect-4.jpg|Charles Laughton and Henry Daniell 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Suspect (1944 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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