Shed No Tears

For the 2013 film, see Shed No Tears (2013 film).

Shed No Tears
File:Shed No Tears film poster.jpeg Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Produced by	Robert Frost
Written by	Brown Holmes Virginia M. Cooke
Based on	Shed No Tears by Don Martin
Starring	Wallace Ford June Vincent
Music by	Raoul Kraushaar
Cinematography	Frank Redman
Edited by	Norman A. Cerf
Production company	Frost Film Productions
Distributed by	Eagle-Lion Films
Release dates	July 9, 1948 (1948-07-09) (United States)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Shed No Tears is a 1948 American film noir directed by Jean Yarbrough, starring Wallace Ford and June Vincent.

Plot

Edna Grover (Vincent) convinces her older husband Sam (Ford) to fake his own death so they can collect on the life insurance. He hides in another city under an assumed name while she identifies a burned body found after a hotel fire as her husband. Edna collects the money but she has been having an affair for some time and double-crosses her husband. The whole situation rouses the suspicions of the Sam's son from a previous marriage who hires a private investigator to look into it. Unfortunately the PI is crooked and Edna pays him to stay silent. In the end, when Sam finds out about Edna's secret lover, Ray (Roberts), he is so distraught that he commits suicide.

Cast

• Wallace Ford as Sam Grover
• June Vincent as Edna Grover
• Mark Roberts as Ray Belden
• Frank Albertson as Lt. Hutton
• Richard Hogan as Tom Grover, Sam's son
• Elena Verdugo as Marilyn

External links

• Shed No Tears at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Shed No Tears at IMDb
• Shed No Tears at AllMovie
• Shed No Tears at the TCM Movie Database