The Arnelo Affair *** (1947, George Murphy, Frances Gifford, John Hodiak, Eve Arden, Dean Stockwell, Warner Anderson) – Classic Movie Review 12,380

Writer-director Arch Oboler’s entertaining 1947 MGM black and white film The Arnelo Affair stars George Murphy, Frances Gifford, John Hodiak, Dean Stockwell, and Eve Arden.

The Arnelo Affair is a more than acceptable film noir thriller with one of those intriguing but all-purpose plots about the ignored wife (Gifford) of an attorney (Murphy) becoming over-mixed up with the affairs of his nightclub owner client (Hodiak), who is involved in a woman’s murder.

Though the whole affair is rather short on pace and conviction, the interesting stars (particularly Hodiak as the oily villain Tony Arnelo) do their very best to help make the time pass harmlessly and amusingly.

It is written by Arch Oboler, based on the short story I’ll Tell My Husband by Jane Burr.

Also in the cast are Warner Anderson, Lowell Gilmore, Michael Brandon, Ruth Brady, Archie Twitchell, Ruby Dandridge, and Joan Woodbury.

The Arnelo Affair is directed by Arch Oboler, runs 88 minutes, is made and released by MGM, is written by Arch Oboler, based on the short story I’ll Tell My Husband by Jane Burr, is shot in black and white by Charles Salerno, is produced by Jerry Bresler, and is scored by George Bassman.

It was released on 13 February 1947 in the US.

It cost $892,000 and earned $838,000 and made a loss.

All about Eve: Eve Arden (born Eunice Mary Quedens, 30 April 1908 – 12 November 1990) was in leading and supporting roles for nearly six decades. Her first major role was in Stage Door (1937) followed by the comedies Having Wonderful Time (1938) and the Marx Brothers’ At the Circus (1939). She appeared in a number of films noir, including Mildred Pierce (1945), for which she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress, The Unfaithful (1947), The Arnelo Affair (1947), Whiplash (1948), and Anatomy of a Murder (1959).

The cast are John Hodiak as Tony Arnelo, George Murphy as Ted Parkson, Frances Gifford as Anne Parkson, Dean Stockwell as Ricky Parkson, Eve Arden as Vivian Delwyn, Warner Anderson as Detective Sam Leonard, Ruth Brady as Dorothy Alison, Lowell Gilmore as Dr Avery Border, Archie Twitchell as Roger Alison, Ruby Dandridge as the maid Maybelle, and Joan Woodbury as Claire Lorrison.

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