MOVIE · 1946
Deception
DramaRomance115 min
A pianist reunites with and marries the man she thought she’d lost, but their new life is shadowed by a wealthy composer determined to keep his place in hers. Bette Davis is the musician at the center of the triangle, and Claude Rains brings cool authority to the composer whose money and influence make him hard to escape. The story moves through the world of classical performance, where romance, dependence, and old attachments are bound tightly together.
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