The Mysterious Mr. Valentine (1946) is an American

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 crime

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 film noir

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 directed by Philip Ford. The drama features William Henry

William Henry (actor)

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, Linda Stirling

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, and Virginia Christine

Virginia Christine

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Plot

A young girl gets a flat tire, and ends up with her car being stolen. Later, her car is involved in an accident which results in a man's death. The gangsters who stole the car plant the body in her car to make it look like she was at fault.

Cast

• William Henry
  William Henry (actor)
  William Albert Henry was an American actor working in Hollywood movies. He started as a child actor, then was a hero in B-movies , and ended his career as a character actor. He also appeared in various roles on episodes of many TV series. He was a member of the John Ford Stock Company and...
  
   as Steve Morgan
• Linda Stirling
  Linda Stirling
  Linda Stirling was an American showgirl, model and actress. In her later years, she had a second career as a college English professor for more than two decades...
  
   as Janet Spencer
• Virginia Christine
  Virginia Christine
  Virginia Christine was an American film and television actress and voice artist. Christine had a long career as a character actress in film and television. She played "Mrs...
  
   as Lola Carson
• Thomas Jackson as Police Lt. Milo Jones
• Barbara Woodell as Rita Armstrong
• Kenne Duncan
  Kenne Duncan
  Kenne Duncan , born Kenneth Duncan MacLachlan, was a well-known B-movie character actor. Hyped professionally as "The Meanest Man in the Movies," the vast majority of his over 250 appearances on camera were Westerns, but he also did occasional forays into horror, crime drama, and science fiction...
  
   as Sam Priestly (as Ken Duncan)
• Virginia Brissac
  Virginia Brissac
  Virginia Brissac was an American stage and film actress. With her stern features, she often played schoolteachers and other authority figures....
  
   as Martha, the Housekeeper
• Lyle Latell as Peter Musso, Henchman
• Ernie Adams
  Ernie Adams (actor)
  Ernie Adams was an American film actor. He appeared in over 400 films between 1919 and 1948.He was born in San Francisco, California and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:...
  
   as Frank Gary, Henchman
• Tristram Coffin as John Armstrong
• Arthur Space
  Arthur Space
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   as County Coroner
• Robert Bice
  Robert Bice
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   as Doctor

Critical reception

Film critic Hal Erickson wrote that the film was "a neat-and-tidy thriller from the Republic B-picture mills.

External links

• The Mysterious Mr. Valentine at Film Noir of the Week by Wheeler Winston Dixon
  Wheeler Winston Dixon
  Wheeler Winston Dixon is best known as a writer of film history, theory and criticism. He is the author of numerous books on film, as well as a professor who has taught at Rutgers University, New Brunswick; The New School in New York; and the University of Amsterdam, Holland. He received his Ph.D....
  
  
• The Mysterious Mr. Valentine film clip at You Tube