The read
It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
Cecily Harrington, struggling along on a small allowance, wins a fortune in a lottery. She decides to travel rather than marrying her fiance Nigel Lawrence. A stranger, Manuel Cortez, comes to rent her flat and she falls in love with him, and they are married. For their honeymoon, they go to an isolated English college where she, unlike the audience, doesn't realize she has married a fortune-hunting Bluebeard with a few murdered wives in his past. The question is will she be able to repent in leisure her decision to marry in haste.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
9 audience votes
Key crew
- Hans J. SalterOriginal Music Composer
- Philip MacDonaldScreenplay
- Richard WhorfDirector
Cast
- John HodiakManuel Cortez
- Sylvia SidneyCecily Harrington
- Ann RichardsMavis Wilson
- John HowardNigel Lawrence
- Isobel ElsomAuntie Loo-Loo Gerard
- Ernest CossartBillings
- Philip TongeDr. Gribble
- Anita Sharp-BolsterEthel
- Frederick WorlockInspector Hobday
Stills
Themes
based on novel or bookmarriage