The Bigamist | |
---|---|
Directed by | Ida Lupino |
Screenplay by | Collier Young |
Story by | Lawrence B. Marcus (as Larry Marcus) Lou Schor |
Produced by | Robert Eggenweiler Collier Young |
Starring | Joan Fontaine Edmond O'Brien Ida Lupino Edmund Gwenn |
Cinematography | George E. Diskant |
Edited by | Stanford Tischler |
Music by | Leith Stevens |
Production company | The Filmakers |
Distributed by | Filmakers Releasing Organization |
Release date |
|
Running time | 80 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $50,000 (negative cash cost)[1] |
Box office | $700,000[1] |
The Bigamist is a 1953 American drama film noir directed by Ida Lupino starring Joan Fontaine, Ida Lupino, Edmond O'Brien, and Edmund Gwenn. Producer/Screenwriter Collier Young was married to Fontaine at the time and had previously been married to Lupino. The Bigamist has been cited as the first American feature film made in the sound era in which the female star of a film directed herself.[2]