This movie is directed by the acclaimed Michael Curtiz. THE MAN in the NET is a suspense driven drama starring Alan Ladd as John Hamilton, an accomplished commercial artist that leaves the hustle and bustle of New York and relocates in a small community in Connecticut. His wife Linda(Carolyn Jones)is not so happy with this move. He has concerns about her alcoholism, but she misses the night life and her social functions, along with John's salary potential.
At a party, a drunken Linda claims that her husband is a wife beater to try and spoil her husband's reputation. When John is tricked into going back to New York for a job interview, he returns finding his wife gone. The local police finds her luggage near a garbage dump and immediately John is suspected of killing his wife.
Rounding out the cast: Diane Brewster, John Lupton, Tom Helmore and Charles McGraw.
At a party, a drunken Linda claims that her husband is a wife beater to try and spoil her husband's reputation. When John is tricked into going back to New York for a job interview, he returns finding his wife gone. The local police finds her luggage near a garbage dump and immediately John is suspected of killing his wife.
Rounding out the cast: Diane Brewster, John Lupton, Tom Helmore and Charles McGraw.