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Above Suspicion is a 1943 film directed by Richard Thorpe based off a novel by Helen MacInnes Starring Joan Crawford and Fred MacMurray The subject of the film takes place in 1939 , whilst on a honeymoon, an Oxford don (MacMurray) is approached by the Foreign Office to gather information about Germany prior to the second world war, They are requested get information back from an unknown source in Germany and ask for assistance from an agent there, At first, the American couple find following the secret trail great fun but as they get deeper into southern Germany they encounter the yet unknown dark side of the third Reich and blood starts to run.
This film was the last Joan Crawford made for MGM before once again being labeled box office poison
(the first time was for The bride wore red in 1937) and being subtlety dropped by Louis B Mayer,This was dramatized in the film Mommie Dearest where Joan Crawford was portrayed by Faye Dunaway
she did not have another film released for two years until Mildred Pierce was released in 1945 which won her the Oscar for best actress