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A Balasaur Score of 66 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes 65%. Most of the 89 1940s mystery movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes65%
165 audience votes
Key crew
- Fritz LangDirector
- Silvia RichardsScreenplay
- Miklós RózsaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Joan BennettCelia Lamphere
- Michael RedgraveMark Lamphere
- Anne RevereCaroline Lamphere
- Barbara O'NeilMiss Robey
- Natalie SchaferEdith Potter
- Paul CavanaghRick Barrett
- Anabel ShawIntellectual Sub-Deb
- Rosa ReyPaquita
- James SeayBob Dwight
- Mark DennisDavid Lamphere
- Robert BarberAltar Boy (uncredited)
- Ray BeltramTownsman (uncredited)
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Themes
new york cityjealousymexicopost-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)love of one's lifesingle parentclerkarchitecthoneymoonfetishismpsychoanalysisroom