This is the kind of role that Charles Laughton was great in, but he was great in just about anything he did. Laughton plays a banker's assistant who is in debt to everyone and there is basically nothing he can do and his boss says he'll fire him because Laughton's reputation might hurt the bank. Then one night, out of the blue, comes in Ray Milland with a pocketful of money and Laughton tries to get him to make a deal about a tip he got about the stock market. Milland wants nothing to do with his plan so Laughton kills him with poison. Laughton then becomes rich and he and his family are on easy street. Laughton does eventually gets what is coming to him but for the murder of his wife which he didn't do. It's a great movie with a great performance by Laughton.
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