What a brilliant movie, that was the first thinking that crossed my mind when I first saw this some years back and that very same thinking is the one I had when I went through this film again recently. A user mentioned in his comment that Lizbeth Scott and Dan Duryea are not Barbara Stanwyck and Fred MacMurray , yes they ain't but don't think their performances have much to envy them here, and overall this film ,even if it can hold comparison with the classic film noir namely Double Indemnity or whatever films you may think of . it turns out to be a minor master piece which deserves much more attention and appreciation
Both Scott and Duryea are superb throughout the whole movie . You can feel the evil personified by Scott , raising and taking hold of Dureya and Kennedy. dragging them down to an the unavoidable spiral of hate and ambition , almost the same way you can't help getting dragged by the absorbent plot and theoppressive atmosphere
Only the final scene cracked me up a little but up to that point plot is solid enough and script twist are pretty credible, all rounded up by great acting.
Minor film noir classic . Well worth a try
Both Scott and Duryea are superb throughout the whole movie . You can feel the evil personified by Scott , raising and taking hold of Dureya and Kennedy. dragging them down to an the unavoidable spiral of hate and ambition , almost the same way you can't help getting dragged by the absorbent plot and theoppressive atmosphere
Only the final scene cracked me up a little but up to that point plot is solid enough and script twist are pretty credible, all rounded up by great acting.
Minor film noir classic . Well worth a try