They Won't Believe Me
They Won't Believe Me is a 1947 American film noir directed by Irving Pichel and starring Robert Young, Susan Hayward and Jane Greer. It was produced by Alfred Hitchcock's longtime assistant and collaborator, Joan Harrison. The film was made and distributed by Hollywood major studio RKO Pictures. Plot After the prosecution rests its case in the murder trial of Larry Ballentine, the defendant takes the stand to tell his story. In flashback, Larry recounts how he started seeing Janice Bell, innocently enough, but feelings developed between them. When Larry is unwilling to divorce Greta, whom he had married for her money, Janice gets a job transfer. Larry tells her he will run off with her, that he will dump Greta. But Greta knows all about the relationship and is unwilling to give Larry up. She tells him she has purchased a quarter-interest in a brokerage in Los Angeles for him. The temptation is too great, and Larry abandons Janice, never explaining or saying goodbye. At the brokerage, Larry is reprimanded by his business partner, Trenton, for neglecting a rich client, but employee Verna Carlson shows Trenton a copy of a letter she lets Trenton believe Larry wrote and sent, when