# The Suspect 1944 ★★★½ (CC) Film-noir/Crime \[1:24:59\] Charles Laughton, Ella Raines

The Suspect is a 1944 American film noir starring Charles Laughton and Ella Raines, and directed by Robert Siodmak. It is based on the 1939 novel "This Way Out", by James Ronald. Plot: In 1902 London Genial shopkeeper Philip (Charles Laughton) has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife (Rosalind Ivan) while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer (Ella Raines). When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer (Henry Daniell) and a low-key detective (Stanley Ridges) both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1944
- Runtime: 1 h 25 min
- By: Robert Siodmak
- Genres: Crime, Film noir
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/the-suspect-1944_202509)
- Licence or status: [Public Domain Mark 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- US copyright record: Its uploader marked it public domain; the US Copyright Office's records show its copyright renewed on 30 May 1972 by Universal Pictures (PWH) ([Catalog of Copyright Entries, Third Series, Parts 12–13: Motion Pictures, vol. 26 (1972), p. 149, renewal R551688](https://archive.org/details/catalogofc19723261213libr/page/n178))
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, but the US Copyright Office's records show its copyright renewed (cited beside its licence), so it is protected in the United States, and elsewhere for the place's own term.