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I DID'NT KNOW ROBERT YOUNG COULD PLAY A BAD GUY SO GOOD!!!
When I read the description of this film I had no idea Robert Young, AKA FATHER KNOWS BEST had even played bad guys, and needless to say I was not disappointed! He was magnificent and Susan Hayward just lit up the screen!!! I just love it when she plays those tough broad roles, I wish they would release the movie I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE on dvd! They Won't believe Me is a hidden gem you will not want to miss!!!

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"You're a special kind of dynamite."
Married man Larry Ballentine (Robert Young) juggles three women during the course of the gripping film noir feature "They Won't Believe Me." The film is a courtroom drama, and the story unfolds through flashbacks as Ballentine takes the stand during his trial for the murder of his rich wife, Gretta Ballentine (Rita Johnson). <
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>As a husband, they don't get much lower than Ballentine. When the flashback story begins, Ballentine has a regular once-a-week assignation with beautiful newspaperwoman Janice Bell (Jane Greer). Although the meetings seem fairly innocent, he showers her with gifts, and they plan a future together as they kiss and cuddle in a quiet bar. When Janice tells Ballentine that their relationship is going nowhere, and that she's leaving town to make a fresh start, Ballentine decides to dump his married life of luxury and run off with Janice. <
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>Ballentine's departure isn't in the cards, and his wife, Gretta, knows just which gold-plated carrot will change his mind and bring him back to heel in the process. Ballentine is led away from Janice and to California by the promise of increased stature as a partner in a brokerage company. Then Ballentine meets scheming seductress, Verna Carlson (Susan Hayward)... <
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>Ballentine is a shallow man, but nonetheless, he remains an interesting character. He uses women and has no problem juggling relationships, but throughout the film, it's obvious that two women--Gretta and Verna--both exploit his weaknesses. These two women read his character very well, and they both manipulate him. Gretta, as the neglected wife, arouses sympathy--after all, her horse is more faithful than her husband. As the film progresses, it's clear that Gretta sees her husband for what he is, and is content to buy his companionship--even if it ultimately means complete isolation. Verna is a practiced schemer, and once she enters the picture, Ballentine doesn't stand a chance of resisting. Verna isn't the sort of woman who'll accept crumbs or empty promises. <
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>Robert Young as the weak-willed Ballentine is marvelous. Jane Greer is delicately and sweetly beautiful--she's clearly in a completely different league than Gretta and Verna. Gretta and Verna act as good foils for one another as they vie for Ballentine's presence. "They Won't Believe Me" was recommended by a friend, and it seems such a shame that the film doesn't receive more attention. This is classic noir, and the plot is riveting right up to the film's explosive ending--displacedhuman

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Robert Young's Gem, Jane Greer's Big Break
This film has thankfully become a classic after suffering a box office injustice for all too long. When RKO released this dramatic gem in 1947 the studio had every reason to believe that it would impress theater patrons, but surprisingly it died fast in its first issue. <
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>The reason for the film's inability to be recognized for its superb story and drama was due to its leading man, Robert Young. The irony was that Young gave the greatest cinema dramatic performance of his career. His misfortune was that movie fans had come to recognize him as a "nice guy" and refused to accept him in his role as a philandering cad who lived off the financial largesse of wealthy wife Rita Johnson, then strayed from the reservation for dalliances with the likes of Jane Greer and Susan Hayward. <
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>The film begins with Greer, a magazine writer, meeting Young at their favorite New York restaurant and telling him that she has taken a position with a Montreal publication because she does not want to be a home wrecker. Rita Johnson has an idea to try and reform her wandering eye husband. She moves with him to Los Angeles and puts him in partnership with Tom Powers in running a stock brokerage concern. <
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>Young soon proves he is beyond reforming. He launches an affair with saucy secretary Susan Hayward, formerly Powers' love interest. After Rita Johnson learns what is happening she makes an ultimately fatal mistake of choosing to remain married to the unfaithful Young, deciding to put him on a hopefully tighter leash as she sells the interest in the brokerage firm and moves with him to a ranch far from Los Angeles. <
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>The peripatetic Young is not about to be dissuaded from continuing his association with Hayward and ultimately writes a "goodbye" note to Johnson and heads with Hayward to Nevada with the intention of ultimately marrying the sexy redhead. The fates intervene, however, in the form of a fatal auto accident. Young survives but Hayward's body was burned beyond recognition. When authorities believe that the dead woman is Rita Johnson he does nothing to dissuade them, hatching a plan. <
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>When Young returns to the ranch, expecting to find Johnson, he instead reads a suicide note. He believes he is in the clear in inheriting her wealth as surviving spouse without anyone being the wiser, or having to kill her. Eventually a suspicious Tom Powers, who never stopped caring for Hayward, begins investigating on his own, then calls in the police. <
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>The twists and turns multiply and eventually Young is facing a murder charge. The film's title emanates from the words desperate Young mouths to Jane Greer, who continues to befriend him. When she implores him during a dramatic jailhouse meeting to keep the faith he exclaims, "They won't believe me!" <
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>The film has one of the most unique finishing twists in Hollywood history. It comes as viewers sit with rapt attention wondering what Young's fate will be. <
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>To demonstrate how much camaraderie existed in the late forties at RKO, known as Hollywood's "family studio," while Jane Greer was slated in this her first major role to be billed below costars Young and Hayward, they appealed to studio executives, based on Greer's cooperative attitude and brilliant performance, to change the star duo billing to a triumvirate. RKO executives complied. <
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>Jane Greer received her major opportunity through the efforts of Alfred Hitchcock protégé Joan Harrison, who cast the captivating brunette in the role. From there Greer went on to the greatest role of her career opposite Robert Mitchum and Kirk Douglas in "Out of the Past," which was also released in 1947. <
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>Former actor and Harvard graduate Irving Pichel directed "They Won't Believe Me!" while Jonathan Latimer wrote the script, adapting the story of Gordon McDonnell, who had earlier won a "Best Original Story" Oscar nomination for Hitchcock's "Shadow of a Doubt."