This is a Film-Noir that is Best to Know as Little as Possible before Watching. So be Cautioned and Research at Your Own Risk.
No Spoilers Here......But Most Reviews give away the Ending...So beware.
Suspenseful Psychological-Sexual Noir Entry from Lang with a Cast of Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea. All Three will Team Up Again a Year Later with another Seminal Film-Noir "Scarlet Street".
This is Arguably the Lesser of the Two but Both Pack quite a Wallop. In this one Middle-Aged Robinson is left Alone while His Wife and Kids Vacation and the Libido Takes Over as He Muses about a Decline in said Activity over Drinks with Friends.
What Happens is a Nightmare that is Pure Noir. He Innocently Allows Himself to be Lured to an "Unspeakable" Lair of a Street-Walking Beauty and Murder and Blackmail are Waiting in the Shadows.
The Film is Full of Freudian Symbolism and that Eerie Expressionism that Lang Loves.
The Tension Never Let's Up as Robinson and Bennett try and Outwit the Police and a Blackmailing Duryea.
The Ending has been Criticized as a Cop-Out.
Check Out this Excellent Production from All Involved and You Decide.
No Spoilers Here......But Most Reviews give away the Ending...So beware.
Suspenseful Psychological-Sexual Noir Entry from Lang with a Cast of Edward G. Robinson, Joan Bennett, and Dan Duryea. All Three will Team Up Again a Year Later with another Seminal Film-Noir "Scarlet Street".
This is Arguably the Lesser of the Two but Both Pack quite a Wallop. In this one Middle-Aged Robinson is left Alone while His Wife and Kids Vacation and the Libido Takes Over as He Muses about a Decline in said Activity over Drinks with Friends.
What Happens is a Nightmare that is Pure Noir. He Innocently Allows Himself to be Lured to an "Unspeakable" Lair of a Street-Walking Beauty and Murder and Blackmail are Waiting in the Shadows.
The Film is Full of Freudian Symbolism and that Eerie Expressionism that Lang Loves.
The Tension Never Let's Up as Robinson and Bennett try and Outwit the Police and a Blackmailing Duryea.
The Ending has been Criticized as a Cop-Out.
Check Out this Excellent Production from All Involved and You Decide.