Marjorie Lord who passed away in 2015 at age 97, was known more as Mrs. Danny Thomas, but before that in the 1940's she was doing "B" movies. In this she is quite subtle in her role as the woman who wants it all and has both hands on the steering. She has a run in with a crook and leaves him behind, and manages to land herself a handsome older man (Crane) whose running for Governor. The movie starts off politcally charged as he is announcing his running. Lords Crane is interviewed by a reporter about her background and she is deliberately evasive, answering the question about her background with generalities. At this point us viewers suspect something is wrong with Mrs. Crane.
As the story unfolds, she decides she wants an expensive mink coat. The coat turns out to cost much more than the $5,000 dollars the store asks for from her husband. That is because she runs into the crooked man she deliberately left behind, and he wants money to keep his mouth shut. In the process of shutting him out, she spends a bit too long with him, and decides he needs to go, so she stabs him.
The movie has a nice twist here, as another woman who was dating the cad was in the area and gets accused of his murder because her finger prints were on the sharp instrument she stabbed him with. There's a nice little scene where Mrs. Crane is at the same place as the girlfriend when she is arrested for his murder. Meanwhile Crane has to protect herself, having received a letter from the victim blackmailing her prior to killing him.
Then, in only a movie twist, Mrs. Crane gets a summons to be on the jury of the woman accused of her comitted murder. Then, the jury elects her foreman, and take a long time deliberating the case. Mrs. Crane convinces the jury to find her guilty, she had the verdict in her hand, gives it to the court clerk to read. The clerk looks at the verdict and finds it's no shopping list or a verdict.
This B film is kess than an hour, and the small production company did it on a small budget, distributed by Eagle-Lion which was a B distributor. The Direction is clever, and the ending is short and sweet. Currently this movie is a film noir on You Tube. Lord is looking good here and the clever direction and cast brings this off pretty well.
As the story unfolds, she decides she wants an expensive mink coat. The coat turns out to cost much more than the $5,000 dollars the store asks for from her husband. That is because she runs into the crooked man she deliberately left behind, and he wants money to keep his mouth shut. In the process of shutting him out, she spends a bit too long with him, and decides he needs to go, so she stabs him.
The movie has a nice twist here, as another woman who was dating the cad was in the area and gets accused of his murder because her finger prints were on the sharp instrument she stabbed him with. There's a nice little scene where Mrs. Crane is at the same place as the girlfriend when she is arrested for his murder. Meanwhile Crane has to protect herself, having received a letter from the victim blackmailing her prior to killing him.
Then, in only a movie twist, Mrs. Crane gets a summons to be on the jury of the woman accused of her comitted murder. Then, the jury elects her foreman, and take a long time deliberating the case. Mrs. Crane convinces the jury to find her guilty, she had the verdict in her hand, gives it to the court clerk to read. The clerk looks at the verdict and finds it's no shopping list or a verdict.
This B film is kess than an hour, and the small production company did it on a small budget, distributed by Eagle-Lion which was a B distributor. The Direction is clever, and the ending is short and sweet. Currently this movie is a film noir on You Tube. Lord is looking good here and the clever direction and cast brings this off pretty well.