Leona Stevenson (Barbara Stanwyck) is in bed with illness when she overhears a telephone conversation between two men planning a murder. Gradually she comes to believe that she is the person they are going to kill and that her husband Henry (Burt Lancaster) is involved.
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Year of release: 1948
Director: Anatole Litvak
Writer: Lucille Fletcher (original radio play and screenplay)
Main cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Wendell Corey, Harold Vermilyea, Leif Erickson, Jimmy Hunt
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Genre: Mystery, thriller, film noir
Highlights: Barbara Stanwyck is fabulous in the main part. I liked the claustrophobic atmosphere of her confinement
Lowlights: The flashback story surrounding Henry is a bit convoluted. I preferred the relationship aspect to the criminal aspect
Overall: An enjoyable film noir, which was a bit convoluted in places, but Stanwyck’s performance is fantastic as always
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