Nora Prentiss

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Nora Prentiss

1947

1h 50m

Crime

Drama

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A successful and hardworking doctor, Richard Talbot (Kent Smith) strays from his marriage when he meets Nora Prentiss (Ann Sheridan), a beautiful nightclub performer. While Richard doesn't want to end his affair with Nora, he also can't face divorcing his wife (Rosemary DeCamp) and struggles to resolve his inner conflict. A surprising opportunity leads Richard to develop an unlikely plan that could allow him and Nora to run off together, but the scheme may not work out the way he intended.

Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Perhaps the most unusual aspect of this film noir is that the expected femme fatale isn’t one.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 28, 2025

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Josephine O'Neill

Daily Telegraph (Australia)

A different actor might have helped Nora Prentiss to obtain the punchy melodrama success that the Warner Bros. have made their own.

Apr 15, 2019

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Pablo Villaça

Cinema em Cena

Melodrama com aura noir cuja artificialidade se tornou evidente medida que o filme envelheceu. De todo modo, Sheridan est linda e Smith cria um personagem trgico e maldito que ainda desperta nosso interesse.

Rated: 3/5

May 15, 2006

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

If you were Nora Prentiss, would you keep your mouth shut?

Rated: B

Apr 18, 2003

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j f

It's a slow burn, but gets rolling eventually.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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Aldo G

Compelling story of obsession that pulls no punches. And, as an aside, Ann Sheridan wears some of the coolest hats I've ever seen in a movie.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/23

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Audience Member

It's good. Takes it time but with lots of twists. Morbid but clever with great Kent Smith, Sheridan and Robert Alda

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

There are a couple of scenes in "Nora Prentiss" where a married man and his mistress express their attraction for one another. I found these scenes to be heartbreakingly real and the film to be a sobering cautionary tale against adultery . Ann Sheridan plays a chanteuse who has gone through a long line of men who have broken her heart. She meets a successful doctor played by Kent Smith. The married doctor has two children and a marriage that's grown stale. Smith is an uninspired choice for the role. I would have loved to have seen someone like James Stewart or Henry Fonda in the role. Nonetheless, this is a well scripted and directed film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Great twists and turns. Especially the ending.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

06/14/19

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Audience Member

First Time View . This was great film noir . It is in need of a UCLA Film Restoration. Fingers crossed. The "Oomph Girl" at her Warner Brothers Peak! Ann Sheridan, that is. And they didn't call her the "Oomph Girl" for nothing. The movie "Nora Prentiss" is about a mans obsession. That obsession leads him into such depths of depression and depravity that he destroys everything he held near and dear to himself in order to keep the woman, Nora Prentiss.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Vincent Sherman

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Ann Sheridan

Nora Prentiss

Kent Smith

Dr. Richard Talbot aka Robert Thompson

Bruce Bennett

Dr. Joel Merriam

Robert Alda

Phil Dinardo

Rosemary DeCamp

Lucy Talbot

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Synopsis

A successful and hardworking doctor, Richard Talbot (Kent Smith) strays from his marriage when he meets Nora Prentiss (Ann Sheridan), a beautiful nightclub performer. While Richard doesn't want to end his affair with Nora, he also can't face divorcing his wife (Rosemary DeCamp) and struggles to resolve his inner conflict. A surprising opportunity leads Richard to develop an unlikely plan that could allow him and Nora to run off together, but the scheme may not work out the way he intended.

Director: Vincent Sherman
Producer: William Jacobs
Screenwriter: N. Richard Nash
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jul 6, 2009
Runtime: 1h 50m