1949 Universal Pictures

The Story of Molly X

Crane Wilbur (director, screenwriter)
June Havoc, John Russell, Dorothy Hart, Connie Gilchrist, Cathy Lewis (starring)

Universal City: Universal Pictures, 1949. Vintage studio still photograph from the 1949 film noir, showing actor John Russell.

A woman exacts revenge on the gangster who killed her husband, landing herself in a women’s prison. Afterwards, she vows to change her ways, but finds herself gradually drawn back into her life of crime.

Set in San Francisco.

8 x 10 inches. Very Good plus, with one small bruise near the left edge of the recto and some emulsion defects.

Death from a Top Hat x 3

1938 Putnam hardcover movie tie-in

1945 Dell mapback

debut mystery and first with The Great Merlini, magician and sleuth

cover art by Gerald Gregg

mapback by Ruth Belew

2018 American Mystery Classics edition

November 1945 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

cover art by Samuel Cherry

November 1945 issue

better image than previously posted

G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Medium Dead” (Jeffrey Wren )

T.T. Flynn, “Murder in the Saddle” (Mr. Maddox)

D.L. Champion, “A Toast to the Killer” (Mariano Mercado)

Fergus Truslow, “The Corpse in a Golden Shay”

Jean Prentice, “The Perfectionist