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Director: Lewis Allen
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From Time Out Film Guide
A not uninteresting offshoot from the noir cycle, made by Paramount in Britain and derived from a factually-based novel by Joseph Shearing, who specialised in Victorian Gothic (Moss Rose, Blanche Fury). Lots of loving period frills as Milland, a caddish charmer taking over the femme fatale role, lures a missionary's staid widow into (literally) letting her hair down, then wantonly sets her on the path to blackmail and murder. Allen's bleakly measured direction (he made the wonderfully atmospheric The Uninvited) is unfortunately tipped towards dullness by somewhat bland characterisations from Todd and Milland.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Lewis Allen
Producer: Hal B Wallis
Cast: Ray Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Raymond Huntley, Martita Hunt, Leo G Carroll, Raymond Lovell, Moira Lister, Finlay Currie, Hugh Griffith full cast
Genre(s): Film Noir
Duration: 109 mins
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