
The 24th Day
2004


“Hell Hath No Fury Like a Wife Starved for Love!”
14 votes
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Director
William KeighleyWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Production Companies

"Moliet" (Adolphe Menjou) is under pressure from his mistress "Odette" (Claire Dodd) to end his marriage and come live with her. He is reluctant, but his hand is forced when his wife (Ruth Chatterton) overhears a bit of conversation that causes her to preempt things by shooting her rival - conveniently, as it happens, as hoodlum "Costelli" is nearby, apprehended and convicted of the crime. Thing is, "Moliet" knows who really killed his lover and she knows he knows, so their home life becomes something quite attritional with "Francoise" determined to keep her man at all costs and he equally det…
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