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Cross My Heart is a 1946 American comedy film directed by John Berry and starring Betty Hutton, Sonny Tufts and Rhys Williams. It was a remake of the 1937 film True Confession, which was itself based on the 1934 French play Mon Crime written by Georges Berr and Louis Verneuil.[1]

Cross My Heart
Directed by	John Berry
Written by	Louis Verneuil (play) Georges Berr (play) Harry Tugend Claude Binyon Charles Schnee (additional dialogue)
Produced by	Harry Tugend
Starring	Betty Hutton Sonny Tufts Rhys Williams Ruth Donnelly
Cinematography	Charles Lang Stuart Thompson
Edited by	Ellsworth Hoagland
Music by	Robert Emmett Dolan
Production company	Paramount Pictures
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 18, 1946
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Synopsis

A chorus girl by the name of Peggy Harper (Betty Hutton) quits her job as a chorus girl to get a daytime job to see her lawyer boyfriend Oliver Clark (Sonny Tufts) more often. She gets a job as a private secretary for a Mr. Wallace Brent.

One day at the office, he keeps pawing Peggy and trying to "neck" with her, and so she flees the office, all to come back the same night to get her coat, purse, and hat, and also run into the police. Peggy Harper is accused of murdering her boss. She confesses just so she can get Oliver to be her lawyer and defend her at the jury to showcase his talent.

Cast

• Betty Hutton as Peggy Harper
• Sonny Tufts as Oliver Clarke
• Rhys Williams as Prosecutor
• Ruth Donnelly as Eve Harper
• Al Bridge as Det. Flynn
• Iris Adrian as Miss Baggart
• Howard Freeman as Wallace Brent
• Lewis L. Russell as Judge
• Michael Chekhov as Peter

References

Bibliography

• Fetrow, Alan G. Feature films, 1950-1959: a United States Filmography. McFarland & Company, 1999.

External links

• Cross My Heart at IMDb

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