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One twin leads men to love, the other to murder—guess which one you just invited over?
TMDB
55
IMDb
63
Rotten Tomatoes
38
Audience Score
38

The Guilty (1947)

Poverty row noirTwin paranoiaPost-war dread

Overview

MysteryCrime

Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.

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murder mysteryfilm noirtwin sisterdisposing of a dead bodyhomicide detectiveidentical twinevil twinmistaken identityunreliable narratorwar buddies+1 more
Identity collapseMoral ambiguityMasculine anxietyDeception

Standout Aspects

Acting

Bonita Granville devours dual roles with delicious menace

Direction

Reinhardt stretches Monogram's dime budget into genuine dread

Writing

Cornell Woolrich's source story keeps you wrong-footed

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want vintage cynicism without commitment·Background: Perfect for folding laundry to shadowy paranoia·Rewatch: Spotting which twin is which in 71 chaotic minutes
Heads up:Violence: 1947-implied strangulation, mostly off-screen but unsettling·Triggers: Unreliable narrator with PTSD-adjacent war trauma framing
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Director

John Reinhardt

ReleasedMar 22, 1947
Runtime1h 11m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacefast
Intensityhigh
Tonedark
Feelmedium
Budget$120K
Monogram Pictures

Top Cast

Bonita Granville

Bonita Granville

Estelle Mitchell / Linda Mitchell

Don Castle

Don Castle

Mike Carr

Regis Toomey

Regis Toomey

Detective Heller

John Litel

John Litel

Alex Tremholt

Wally Cassell

Wally Cassell

Johnny Dixon

Thomas E. Jackson

Thomas E. Jackson

Tim McGinnis

Oliver Blake

Oliver Blake

Jake, the janitor

Carol Andrews

Carol Andrews

Leonola Waters

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Bonita Granville played both twins without credit for the second role—Monogram Pictures loved this cheap trick.

Cultural

Based on Woolrich's 'He Looked Like Murder,' this is peak 1947 'returning vet anxiety' noir—men who survived war couldn't survive domesticity.

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