Nina Foch, May Whitty, George Macready, Roland Varno. After taking a job as a secretary to the wealthy widow Mrs. Hughes, Julia is unknowingly drugged and wakes up the next day in the widow’s mansion with all the windows and doors barred. She is forced into a charade as the wife of the widow’s son Ralph, who appears to be missing. Film noir director, Joseph H. Lewis, made this first movie for Columbia Pictures and instantly became a success. Based on the novel The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert. 1945/color/65 min/NR/fullscreen.