WRITE A REVIEW NO, THANK YOU. Was this review helpful to you? When they go to the toilet, Patrice asks Helen to hold her wedding ring to avoid losing it, but there is an accident and only Helen survives. Drama. In a mansion in Caulfield, Illinois, Patrice Harkness and Bill Harkness are waiting for the police. Clark Gable plays a card shark, running a rigged game that he lures socialites to. Lombard and Gable each get their own shower scene and their intimate interactions crackle with raw desire. Please do not use ALL CAPS. No Man of Her Own is the real gem of this set, but Man of the World is quite good and Fast and Loose has its moments. It's all based on a Cornell Woolrich novel called "I Married A Dead Man" with the usual touches of irony found in his work. No Man of Her Own is a film directed by Mitchell Leisen with Barbara Stanwyck, John Lund, Jane Cowl, Phyllis Thaxter .... Year: 1950. No Man of Her Own Introduction . There is no linking or other HTML allowed. No Man of Her Own "[3], The film was remade several times: The Japanese film Shisha to no Kekkon (1960), the Brazilian TV miniseries A Intrusa (1962), the French film J'ai épousé une ombre (1983), and by Hollywood again with Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser. Synopsis: Helen Ferguson (Stanwyck) is a pregnant girl who assumes a new identity and whose past catches up with her in blackmail and murder. Add the first question. Now Helen realizes that she must kill Steve ... returns to car after dumping a dead body onto a moving train. It was the second film Stanwyck made with director Mitchell Leisen and it was based on the Cornell Woolrich novel I Married a Dead Man. In the train, Helen befriends the also pregnant Patrice Harkness and her husband Hugh Harkness that are returning from Europe. 9. Written by Verified Purchase. Reviewed in Italy on June 24, 2013. Due to her modest background and a case of mistaken identity, Ellen poses as the newlyweds' cook. Would you like to write a review? Helen gives birth to her child and is accepted by the Harknesses, the family of the dead woman's husband, Hugh Harkness, who was also killed in the train crash. On its own merits, No Man of Her Own is a charming pre-Code romantic drama, ripe with alluring sensual scenes and equally cringe-worthy dialogue. Helen Ferguson is eight months pregnant and unmarried. A meek pharmacist creates an alternate identity under which he plans to murder the bullying liquor salesman who has become his wife's lover. When a beautiful bride boards an ocean liner with her new husband, he goes into hiding, and she becomes the target of a murder conspiracy. 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