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Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 37 points higher than audiences do.
38 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques TourneurDirector
- Warren DuffScreenplay
- Roy WebbOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- George BrentDr. Huntington Bailey
- Hedy LamarrAllida Bederaux
- Paul LukasNicholas 'Nick' Bederaux
- Albert Dekker'Clag' Claghorn
- Carl EsmondJohn Maitland
- Olive BlakeneyClarissa 'Cissie' Bederaux
- George N. NeiseAlec Gregory
- Margaret WycherlyMaggie, the Maid
- Stephanie BachelorElaine
- Mary ServossMiss Wilson
- Julia DeanDeria
- William Post Jr.District Attorney
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Themes
insanityfilm noirstepson