Gloria Grahame, Jack Palance, Joan Crawford

Wealthy San Francisco heiress Myra Hudson, a successful playwright, meets Lester Blaine while casting her new play in New York. They meet again on the train ride back, fall in love and marry. Unknown ...( read more  read more... )to Myra, Lester has a mistress Irene Neves whom he still loves and has married her only for her money. While looking through her study, Irene and Lester learn that Myra has made a will leaving only a$10,000 a year to Lester if he remarries after her death. Seeing that the will has not yet taken effect, they decide to kill Myra not noticing that Myra's dictating machine is on and records their conversation...

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Unrated, 110 min.

Directed by: David Miller

Release Date: January 1, 1952

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DVD Release Date: October 12, 1999

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  • January 9, 2008
    Jack Palance steals the show in this intrestingly shot thriller
  • April 7, 2009
    Suspense hitchcockien superbement réalisé, dont l'excellent travail de direction photographique souffre d'une restauration bâclée qui ne fait pas honneur aux qualités esthétiques du film. Toutefois, l'intrigue est tellement bien menée que ça n'empêche pas le spectateur de s'immer...( read more)ger.

    D'excellentes performances de la part de tous les acteurs, avec un petit coup de coeur personnel pour Gloria Grahame que j'adore définitivement. Joan Crawford est bien entendu à la hauteur du talent qu'on lui connaît, et Jack Palance (jeune!) est tout à fait monstrueux. Une finale puissante.
  • June 19, 2008
    See Joan act with her EYES.
  • March 18, 2008
    I didn't like this film.
  • March 6, 2008
    Another amazing Crawford classic, Palance is a freak and weird looking even as a young man. See this!
  • September 4, 2007
    Great film that needs a good DVD transfer.
  • March 29, 2007
    melodramatic but its is joan after all so you know that going in
  • March 6, 2007
    a dynomite film noir thriller...and joan once again is outstanding as a woman whos comes to learn her new hubby is out to kill her.
  • January 17, 2007
    this is her best movei she should of got an oscar. jack palacen is good too. hollywood make her bad scripts or she wold be the best actress ever.

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