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Temptation is a 1946 American film noir thriller film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin and Paul Lukas. The film was based on Robert Smythe Hichens's 1909 novel Bella Donna. Other film adaptations of the novel were produced in 1915, 1923 and 1934.
Temptation: Directed by Irving Pichel. With Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas. Ruby, a beautiful divorcee with a shady past, marries a rich Egyptologist, and while he continues excavating a Pharoah's tomb, she becomes bored until she falls for a debt-ridden, blackmailing Egyptian prince.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- Irving Pichel
- 1946-12-02
A young woman of her acquaintance confides that she is being blackmailed over indiscreet letters she foolishly sent to a man called Baroudi, with whom she believed herself to be in love. Ruby offers to recover the letters. But when she meets the blackmailer, mutual attraction leads to an affair.
Brief Synopsis. Read More. 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.
- Irving Pichel, Frank Shaw
- Merle Oberon
Jun 22, 2023 · Temptation (1946) Language. English. After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/temptation-1946/. Addeddate.
After marrying an archaeologist (George Brent), a woman (Merle Oberon) with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man.
- Drama
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Overview. After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not ready to settle down with one man. Irving Pichel. Director. James B. Fagan. Novel. Robert Hichens. Novel. Robert Thoeren. Screenplay.
