Manhandled

Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing that one of her boss's patients is an author with recurring dreams of murdering his wife, and she includes the fact that the wife owns valuable jewels. When the wife is found murdered in a manner identical to that of her husband's dream, the husband is naturally the prime suspect. But as the investigation of the police and insurance investigator Joe Cooper proceeds, it turns out that several people in the case, including Merle, are not what they seem.

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  Dorothy Lamour

  Merl Kramer
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  Sterling Hayden

  Joe Cooper
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  Dan Duryea

  Karl Benson
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  Irene Hervey

  Ruth / Mrs. Alton Bennet
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  Phillip Reed

  Guy Bayard
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  Harold Vermilyea

  Dr. Redman
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  Alan Napier

  Alton Bennet
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  Art Smith

  Detective Lt. Bill Dawson
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  Irving Bacon

  Sgt. Fayle
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  George Humbert

  Italian Restaurant Owner (uncredited)