Crime of Passion poster

Crime of Passion

Her husband was lying so close... the gun was even closer... now she was only one sin away from the Crime of Passion.

6.1(57)19561h 26m3

Kathy leaves the newspaper business to marry homicide detective Bill, but is frustrated by his lack of ambition and the banality of life in the suburbs. Her drive to advance Bill's career soon takes her down a dangerous path.

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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • infidelity
  • police
  • ambition
  • police operation
  • press
  • film noir
  • columnist
  • unhappy marriage
  • scheming wife
  • unhappy wife
  • ambitious wife

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Behind the camera

Director

Gerd Oswald

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United States of America

Gallery

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRNew York City, New York9 Jan 1957
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical (limited)London / A rating28 Dec 1956
  • AustriaAT

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1958
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical13 Jun 1959
    • Theatrical13 Jun 1960
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-168 Nov 1957
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical (limited)Nice22 Nov 1957
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1625 Feb 1958
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical23 Jan 1958
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical17 Aug 1959
  • SingaporeSG

    • PhysicalDVD Premiere5 Sept 2017
  • South AfricaZA

    • Theatrical (limited)Johannesburg28 May 1958
    • Theatrical (limited)Durban23 Jun 1958
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical153 Dec 1962

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Crime of Passion was released on 28 December 1956.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    6/1/2023

    6/10

    "Kathy" (Barbara Stanwyck) is a feisty journalist who is sent to get the "woman's angle" on a crime and encounters a rather sexist captain and his more reasonable lieutenant "Doyle" (Sterling Hayden). After a bit of an whirlwind romance, the couple marry and move in together. It doesn't take her too long to discover that her husband, though loving, is actually a bit of a plodder who is content to work in the same job…

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