Lakeshore Classic Movies

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

As a young heiress, Barbara Stanwyck loses her aunt under suspicious circumstances. Now someone from her past has returned who may know the truth about her aunt’s death. Suspicion abounds in this film-noir that also stars Van Heflin and Kirk Douglas in his first big-screen role.

The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

1h 55m

  • Detour (1945): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Detour (1945)

    S2023 E112 - 1h 7m

    A hitchhiker’s (Tom Neal) luck goes from bad to worse when the man who gave him a ride suddenly dies. Worried that he might be accused of murder, he hides the body and takes on the man’s identity.

  • Scarlet Street (1945): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Scarlet Street (1945)

    S2023 E59 - 1h 41m

    A mild-mannered, middle-aged cashier and wannabe painter (Edward G. Robinson) saves a pretty, young woman of the streets (Joan Bennett) from her threatening boyfriend. The cashier soon becomes embroiled into the two’s life of crime and a cycle of destruction that he can’t escape.

  • Quicksand (1950): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Quicksand (1950)

    S2023 E108 - 1h 18m

    Mickey Rooney stars as a mechanic who borrows $20 from the till to take out a new girl, expecting to pay it back the next day. Over the course of the night, he slips deeper and deeper into debt and trouble in this film noir that also stars Peter Lorre.

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