No Man of Her Own

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No Man of Her Own (1950)
Directed by	Mitchell Leisen
Produced by	Richard Maibaum
Written by	Sally Benson Catherine Tunney (screenplay)
Starring	Barbara Stanwyck John Lund Phyllis Thaxter Jane Cowl Lyle Bettger
Music by	Hugo Friedhofer
Cinematography	Daniel L. Fapp
Editing by	Alma Macrorie
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	February 21, 1950
Running time	98 min.
Language	English
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This article is about the 1950 film. For the unrelated 1932 comedy, see No Man of Her Own (1932 film).

No Man of Her Own is a 1950 film starring Barbara Stanwyck. It was the second she made with director Mitchell Leisen. It was based on a Cornell Woolrich novel, I Married a Dead Man.

The film was later remade in 1996 as Mrs. Winterbourne, starring Shirley MacLaine, Ricki Lake and Brendan Fraser. There is also a 1970 Bollywood remake, Kati Patang, for which Asha Parekh won the Filmfare Best Actress Award.[1]

[edit] Plot summary

Helen Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck), an unwed mother on the run, is mistaken for a fellow passenger killed in a train wreck. She gives birth to her child and is accepted by the family of the dead woman's husband (who also was killed in the wreck). With a better life provided for her child, she continues the ruse while falling in love with the dead man's brother (John Lund). Unfortunately her old boyfriend (Lyle Bettger) finds out where she is and blackmails her. Desperate to protect herself and her baby, Helen agrees to meet with the old boyfriend. She brings a gun and shoots him, only to realize he is already dead. Her faux mother-in-law, with a bad heart, tries to claim guilt for the killing in a note while dying, but the murderess is revealed to be another girlfriend of the blackmailer. Helen ends up with the love of John Lund, a happy baby, and a bright future.