Conflict
SUSPENSE...SUSPICION...MAN-WOMAN DESIRES!
A noir-inflected thriller about a man's calculated murder plot driven by desire and marital resentment, built on suspicion and psychological tension.
Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.
Essence
Ensemble
Humphrey Bogart
Richard Mason
Alexis Smith
Evelyn Turner
Sydney Greenstreet
Mark Hamilton
Rose Hobart
Kathryn Mason
Charles Drake
Norman Holsworth
Grant Mitchell
Dr. Grant
Patrick O'Moore
Egan
Ann Shoemaker
Nora Grant
Edwin Stanley
Phillips (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox
Freston (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
Guest at Rainbow Lodge (uncredited)
Oliver Blake
Pawnbroker #1 (uncredited)
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