The 3rd Voice


The 3rd Voice is a 1960 American neo noir thriller crime drama film directed and written by Hubert Cornfield, who also produced the film with Maury Dexter. It is based on the novel All the Way by Charles Williams and stars Edmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, and Julie London.

Premise

The Man is the accomplice of Marian Forbes, the spurned mistress of a tycoon. She coaches The Man in impersonating the voice and appearance and habits of the intended victim and when he has been taken care of The Man begins his masquerade in a Mexican resort. Here he meets Corey Scott and moves on to contemplating the murder of his tutor. But things begin to go awry.

Cast

List of the actors in the film:
The film was made by the production arm of Robert L. Lippert who produced lesser budgeted films for 20th Century Fox. Lippert personally bought the rights to the book and arranged for Cornfield to adapt and direct. Lippert and head of Fox Spyros Skouras decided to increase the budget to what co produced Maury Dexter described as a "nervous A class" of film. The movie was shot in and around Los Angeles and Malibu.
Filming took place in October 1959.
Dexter says during filming Cornfield accused O'Brien of not knowing his lines and O'Brien threatened to punch the director on the last day of filming. This did not happen.

Reception

Dexter says the film got good reviews and "did fairly well at the box office".
The Los Angeles Times called the film an "interesting thriller".