Rings on Her Fingers

"she kissed him out of his life's savings... but the poor guy loved it"

1942 1h 26m EN

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6.7

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★6.7TMDB · 16

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful clothes and glamour she can never hope to have. Enter May Worthington and Warren, a pair of con artists who pose as the mother and uncle of a pretty girl in order to separate millionaires from their money. They convince Susan she has an opportunity to fulfill all her dreams, and the trio heads for Palm Beach. Susan meets John Wheeler who says he is shopping for a sailboat. Believing that he is a millionaire, Warren and May sell him a boat that doesn't belong to them, and make off with his $15,000 life savings. Looking for greener pastures, they work themselves into the family of wealthy Tod Fenwick, who falls for Sue, posing as "Linda Worthington". But John shows up as a guest of Fenwick and he tells "Linda", not knowing she was part of the scam, that he has a detective after the fake captain that sold him the boat...

“she kissed him out of his life's savings... but the poor guy loved it”

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Cast

Gene Tierney
Susan Miller / Linda Worthington
Henry Fonda
John Wheeler
Spring Byington
Mrs. Maybelle Worthington
Laird Cregar
Warren
Shepperd Strudwick
Tod Fenwick
Frank Orth
Kellogg
Henry Stephenson
Colonel Prentiss
Marjorie Gateson
Mrs. Fenwick

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Writers: Robert Pirosh, Joseph Schrank, Ken Englund
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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86 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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84 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Barbara McLean shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Gene Tierney and Henry Fonda and Spring Byington carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "she kissed him out of his life's savings... but the poor guy loved it".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0035258 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Rouben Mamoulian directs. Barbara McLean cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

186 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
284 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Editor Barbara McLean shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
4Gene Tierney and Henry Fonda and Spring Byington carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "she kissed him out of his life's savings... but the poor guy loved it".
6IMDB entry: tt0035258 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "gambling", "department store", "mathematician", "mistaken identity".

The technical file

Editing: Barbara McLean
Runtime: 86 min · 1h 26m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Rings on Her Fingers (1942)

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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-04-04
★ 6/10
Laird Cregar ("Worthington") rather steals this over-complicated crime caper as together with his benign-looking wife "Maybelle" manage to coax the naive, but willing, "Susan" (Gene Tierney) onto a sting operation. Their mark is the gullible "Wheeler" (Henry Fonda). Their swindling all goes nicely to plan, double-selling him yacht for $15,000 but shortly afterwards the gal starts to fall in love with her new beau, and complications set in... It's an OK film this, but there isn't much chemistry between Tierney and a distinctly lukewarm Fonda. There is also far too much dialogue and the pace of the whole thing makes it hard for it to find any rhythm. It's interesting to see Miss Byington in a slightly less flightly role, but otherwise this is just a routine vehicle for two stars that offers little of distinction for just over 90 minutes.

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