This film (based on a book) introduced one of the all time great villainesses – the woman who loved her husband so much she’s willing to kill other people who come between them, including his brother, her unborn child and sister. She was played so memorably in the film by Gene Tierney but Joan Fontaine is an adequate replacement. Someone called John Dehner takes over the Cornel Wilde role. It has a solid structure, working logically – the murder of the brother isn’t as effective because we can’t see it (she lets him drown) but the interpersonal stuff is still great, ditto the courtroom finale.
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