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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.
- $1.6 million
- Edward Small
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
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
Temptation. Summaries. 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. Ruby, a beautiful divorcee with a shady past, calculatingly marries rich Egyptologist Nigel Armine.
1946 1 hr. 38 min. Drama List Reviews 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. Read ...
- Drama
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. Temptation is an appropriately moody romantic melodrama, providing a golden opportunity for some memorable histrionics by star Merle Oberon. Set in Egypt (courtesy of the Universal backlot), the film casts Oberon as Ruby, the new wife of wealthy archaeologist Nigel (George Brent). Unbeknownst to her husband, Ruby has ...