A nurse marries her employer and kills another man... Read more
| Starring | Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks |
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| Director | Curtis Bernhardt |
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A nurse marries her employer and kills another man...
| Starring | Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks |
|---|---|
| Director | Curtis Bernhardt |
| Studio | WARNER HOME DVD |
| Certificate | |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 21 Nov 2005 Production year: 1947 |
| Format | DVD |
Extremely heavy, almost Germanic, flashback melodrama with everyone tearing hammer and tongs at the rather ailing script. Fun if you're in that mood, and an interesting example of the American film noir of the forties.
THIS IS A GREAT FILM NOIR AND ONE OF CRAWFORDS BEST.THE SPECIAL FEATURES INCLUDE A LECTURE BY USA PROFESSOR CASPER SOMEONE OR OTHER.HE RUNS ON FOR AN HOUR ABOUT THIS FILM AND JOANS ROLE IN IT.
JOAN STARTS THE FILM STUMBLING THE MIDNIGHT STREETS OF LOS ANGELES LOOKING FOR 'DAVID'.SHE IS WITHOUT LIPSTICK SO YOU KNOW SOMETHING BAD HAS HAPPENED.ITS GRIPPING AND FULL OF TENSION AS YOU FOLLOW IN FLASHBACKS JOANS PROBLEMS.SHES CONFINED TO A MENTAL WARD AND HAS TO SLOWLY UNRAVEL THE PLOT FROM THERE.SHE HAS 2 MEN IN HER LIFE.ONE A GREAT LOVE OF HER LIFE AND ONE A MERE SECOND BEST.PLUS A PESKY STEPDAUGHTER TO CONTEND WITH.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
old film and very deep plot hard to follow