The Bigamist

1953

Action / Drama / Film-Noir

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 53% · 11 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 53% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 5291 5.3K

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Plot summary

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confesses everything.

Director

Ida Lupino Photo
Ida Lupino

Top cast

Ida Lupino Photo
Ida Lupino as Phyllis Martin
Joan Fontaine Photo
Joan Fontaine as Eve Graham
Kem Dibbs Photo
Kem Dibbs as Tour Bus Driver
Mack Williams Photo
Mack Williams as Prosecuting Attorney
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730.31 MB
1204*720
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 1
1.32 GB
1792*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 19 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jem132 7 / 10

Sad and quietly honest film-making..the three central actors give lessons in the art of restrained, subtle performance

Reviewed by blanche-2 7 / 10

A family affair of sorts

Ida Lupino directs and costars in "The Bigamist," a 1953 film starring Edmond O'Brien, Joan Fontaine and Edmund Gwenn, as well as Lupino. O'Brien and Fontaine play a married San Francisco couple, Harry and Eve Graham, who are unable to have children and are planning to adopt. Eve is a very successful businesswoman; Harry is a traveling salesman with a big territory in Los Angeles. Harry becomes quite nervous when he realizes that a thorough background check must be done before the adoption can take place. Mr. Jordan (Gwenn), who works for the adoption agency, knows something is wrong but can't quite put his finger on it. Eventually he finds out - Harry Graham is Harrison Graham in Los Angeles, and there he has another wife (Lupino) and a new baby. Harry tells Jordan the whole story of meeting Eve (Lupino) in Los Angeles, drifting into an affair with her, learning she was pregnant and being unable to abandon her.Well directed by Lupino, the film pushes the sympathy toward Harry and his dilemma and keeps a good pace and interest throughout. Fontaine was no longer a big movie star, having passed the magic age of 30 several years before, and she can be seen often in these black and white B movies of the '50s. She does a good job and looks quite glamorous, but Lupino's role is the showier one. Edmond O'Brien does an excellent job as the beleaguered Harry.This film truly was a family affair - this screenplay about a man with two wives was written by Collier Young, the ex-husband of Lupino and, at that time, the current husband of Fontaine; and Fontaine's mother, Lillian Fontaine, plays Lupino's landlady. Worth seeing, if only to wonder what went on during the filming.
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