Scott Burnett — The Woman on the Beach Character Profile

About Scott Burnett

Mounted Coast Guard officer plagued by recurring maritime nightmares. Engaged to Eve, he becomes psychologically tormented by his obsession with Peggy, leading to destructive actions.

Scott Burnett — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Ryan

Appears in

The Woman on the Beach (1947)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (3)

• Scott Burnett — Professional Officer — Coast Guardsman (uncredited) (Robert Andersen)

  Professional affiliation within the Coast Guard service.

• Scott Burnett — Romantic Lovers — Peggy Butler (Joan Bennett)

  Developing romantic infatuation that disrupts Scott's engagement.

• Scott Burnett — Romantic Fiancés — Eve Geddes (Nan Leslie)

  Engaged couple whose relationship fractures under Scott's obsession.

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More characters from The Woman on the Beach

• Peggy Butler (Joan Bennett)
• Tod Butler (Charles Bickford)
• Eve Geddes (Nan Leslie)
• Johnnie (uncredited) (Jackie Jackson)
• Otto Wernecke (Walter Sande)
• Old Workman (uncredited) (John Elliott)
• Girl at Party (uncredited) (Carol Donell)
• Young Fisherman (uncredited) (Hugh Chapman)
• Donnie (uncredited) (Donald Gordon)
• Old Fisherman (uncredited) (Carl Faulkner)
• Coast Guardsman (uncredited) (Robert Andersen)
• Lenny (uncredited) (Carl Armstrong)