Why are descriptions of this movie so damned inaccurate? Forget film noir. This is *not* film noir. What this is, really, is a stalker movie. One of the first ones ever.
Dick Powell has a lovely family but he's bored, so he goes and has a brief but intense fling with Lizbeth Scott.
Raymond Burr, who loves Scott, tries to scare him away, then he starts stalking her. Constantly.
Then he befriends Scott's former boyfriend, a volatile ex-con, and fills his ears with poison so he'll murder Dick Powell. The guy doesn't succeed, but that doesn't mean things don't end tragically for all concerned.
Hardy a perfect crime film, but still worth seeing.
Dick Powell has a lovely family but he's bored, so he goes and has a brief but intense fling with Lizbeth Scott.
Raymond Burr, who loves Scott, tries to scare him away, then he starts stalking her. Constantly.
Then he befriends Scott's former boyfriend, a volatile ex-con, and fills his ears with poison so he'll murder Dick Powell. The guy doesn't succeed, but that doesn't mean things don't end tragically for all concerned.
Hardy a perfect crime film, but still worth seeing.