The Bigamist (1953 film)

The Bigamist
Directed byIda Lupino
Screenplay byCollier Young
Story byLawrence B. Marcus
(as Larry Marcus)
Lou Schor
Produced byRobert Eggenweiler
Collier Young
StarringJoan Fontaine
Edmond O'Brien
Ida Lupino
Edmund Gwenn
CinematographyGeorge E. Diskant
Edited byStanford Tischler
Music byLeith Stevens
Production
company
The Filmakers
Distributed byFilmakers Releasing Organization
Release date
  • December 3, 1953 (1953-12-03) (United States)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$50,000 (negative cash cost)[1]
Box office$700,000[1]

The Bigamist is a 1953 American drama film noir directed by Ida Lupino starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien, and Edmund Gwenn. Producer/Screenwriter Collier Young was married to Fontaine at the time and had previously been married to Lupino. The Bigamist has been cited as the first American feature film made in the sound era in which the female star of a film directed herself.[2]

  1. ^ a b ""The Bigamist" was brought in at". Variety. 1 September 1954. p. 29. Retrieved 2023-05-06.
  2. ^ Spicer, Andrew (19 March 2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Scarecrow Press. p. 185. ISBN 978-0-8108-7378-0.

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