A classic Loretta Young thriller, Cause for Alarm boasts strong performances and a gripping story. George Jones, having just suffered a heart attack, starts to imagine that his devoted wife and his doctor are having an affair and are also plotting to murder him. He writes a letter to his lawyer telling of his fears and gives it to his wife to send. After she does so, George tells her what was in the letter and pulls a gun on her. But before he can harm her, he falls dead of another heart attack. Now his wife, Loretta Young, is in a race against time to retrieve the misleading letter.
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