I Married a Dead Man Movie Review 1982

When the train she's travelling on is involved in a terrible crash, abandoned, pregnant Helene (Baye) decides to assume the identity of a wealthy young woman who was killed in the wreck. But soon Helene is receiving anonymous threats from someone who knows who she really is. Based on a book by Cornell Woolrich and also filmed as "No Man of Her Own" (1950) and "Mrs. Winterbourne" (1996). French with subtitles.

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Available on VHS
Running time 110 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Not-So-True Identity, Pregnant Pauses, Books to Film: Cornell Woolrich

Screenplay

Patrick Laurent

Cast

Nathalie Baye, Richard Bohringer, Victoria Abril, Francis Huster, Madeleine Robinson, Guy Trejan, Humbert Balsan, Veronique Genest

Cinematography

Bernard Zitzermann

Director

Robin Davis

Music

Philippe Sarde