Deception (1946)

February 8th, 2026
Author: Meredith Taylor

Dir: Irving Rapper | Cast: Bette Davis, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid | US Thriller

Reviewed by Richard Chatten

A rollicking melodrama which marks possibly the only time an actor even managed to steal a film from Bette Davies; and one of the many and varied reasons it remains impossible to take seriously an award that Hitchcock was never awarded, while John Ford received four.

The failure of Claude Rains to be similarly honoured – despite having consistently given the best performance in almost every film in which he appeared – provides ample evidence of the Academy’s tenacious ability to accurately reflect true

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