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Dennis Schwartz

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This is a well-acted thriller.

Rated: B-

Apr 12, 2002

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Richard G. R

Decent little noir, with good performances by Joseph Cotten and Jean Peters.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/03/24

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C L

I absolutely loved this movie. It was very suspenseful leaving you completely unsure of the truth right down to the last 2 or 3 minutes. Awesome murder mystery!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/10/23

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Ted B

3 stars; This 70 year old movie aged well.. Sure, it's not high intense suspense of today's top thrillers. But it carries a line of mystery and suspense all the way to the end. Joseph cotton and Jean Peters bring a chemistry that is unique to Mystery Thriller movies, such as this one and "Niagara".

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/25/23

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Stu B

A did-she-or-didn't-she puzzler with a distinct Hitchcockian vibe; it's easy to see how the master himself could have directed this one, possibly for his old '50s-'60s TV show. Joseph Cotten stars as the deeply conflicted Whitney Cameron, who begins to suspect that his widowed sister-in-law--to whom he's attracted--poisoned to death her husband (his brother), has done the same to her young daughter, and is about to have a third go at it by giving an unhealthy dose of strychnine to her little boy...all in an effort to cash in on her late husband's estate. The performances are fine, and--with the facts in doubt till the very last moment--the suspense never lets up. Directed by Andrew L. Stone. See it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

06/21/23

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Audience Member

Good story, but preposterous ending (spoiler alert - no jury would convict based on the word of someone who said they put a pill in her drink!)

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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Audience Member

Very good! A cliffhanger right up to the last few minutes. Oh, sure, many cliches... orphaned kid, unbelieving friends, 1950's family stuff... but I didn't get it. I even thought the hero was the perp at one point! A must watch on the noir scene.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Andrew L. Stone

Director

Joseph Cotten

Whitney `'Cam'` Cameron

Jean Peters

Lynn Cameron

Gary Merrill

Fred Sargent

Catherine McLeod

Maggie Sargent

Jack Kruschen

Detective Lt. Harold Y. Cole

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Synopsis

Whitney Cameron (Joseph Cotten) is in a quandary: he's attracted to his beautiful sister-in-law, Lynn (Jean Peters), but also harbors serious suspicions about her. Her husband, Cameron's brother, died under mysterious circumstances, and now that the death of her stepchild, Polly, has been attributed to poisoning, he suspects that Lynn is after his late brother's estate, and killing everyone in her way. Cameron fears that nephew could be next, and determines to make sure no harm comes to him.

Director: Andrew L. Stone
Screenwriter: Andrew L. Stone
Production Co: 20th Century Fox
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 18, 2012
Runtime: 1h 16m

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