Many have critiqued this film and even gone as far as to hint that her producer husband- Melcher was attempting to ruin her career through the production of this film.
I thought the opposite. I enjoy seeing Doris Day not in "That Touch of Mink" or some other such fluff. She had so much more to offer, and could have been so much better in suspense and psycho-drama roles.
Louis Jourdan is also surprisingly menacing as the obsessive husband. There are some initial scenes filmed at the picturesque and haunted beaches of Monterey. The distorted cypresses, the 50's modern Frank Lloyd Wright styled homes.
I enjoyed the off-beat nature of her performance and appreciated her more in these type roles. "Move over, Darling" with James Garner and other such nonsense were so much beneath her. We can see how she is capable of projecting drama and drawing in the audience even during the final improbable scenes as the plane touches down. The storyline here is paralleled in "Sleeping with the Enemy" and other similar themes. Worth seeing for Doris Day alone. 8/10.
I thought the opposite. I enjoy seeing Doris Day not in "That Touch of Mink" or some other such fluff. She had so much more to offer, and could have been so much better in suspense and psycho-drama roles.
Louis Jourdan is also surprisingly menacing as the obsessive husband. There are some initial scenes filmed at the picturesque and haunted beaches of Monterey. The distorted cypresses, the 50's modern Frank Lloyd Wright styled homes.
I enjoyed the off-beat nature of her performance and appreciated her more in these type roles. "Move over, Darling" with James Garner and other such nonsense were so much beneath her. We can see how she is capable of projecting drama and drawing in the audience even during the final improbable scenes as the plane touches down. The storyline here is paralleled in "Sleeping with the Enemy" and other similar themes. Worth seeing for Doris Day alone. 8/10.