Temptation (1946 film)

Temptation
Theatrical release poster
Directed byIrving Pichel
Screenplay byRobert Thoeren
Based onNovel: Bella Donna
by Robert Smythe Hichens
Play: Bella Donna
by James B. Fagan
Produced byEdward Small
StarringMerle Oberon
George Brent
Charles Korvin
Paul Lukas
CinematographyLucien Ballard
Edited byErnest J. Nims
Music byDaniele Amfitheatrof
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 2, 1946 (1946-12-02)
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$1.6 million

Temptation is a 1946 American film noir thriller film directed by Irving Pichel and starring Merle Oberon, George Brent, Charles Korvin and Paul Lukas. The film was based on Robert Smythe Hichens's 1909 novel Bella Donna. Other film adaptations of the novel were produced in 1915, 1923 and 1934.