A young and beautiful stage performer called Connie (Mary Beth Hughes) seduces Flamarion, her boss, in order to get rid of her heavy drinking husband. We have here a classic example of a young woman working her charms on a man old enough to be her father, the female of the species is more deadly than the male, as the old saying goes. Hughes is excellent as the scheming woman, a character that is easy to despise. Eric von Stroheim plays the title character, strong and stubborn at first but once he falls under Connie's spell he becomes weak and rather sad. I had not heard of this movie before, it looks great in black and white, a big Thank You to Talking Pictures TV (UK) for screening it, nice bit of film noir.
Review of The Great Flamarion
