One of the brilliant noir films that Siodmak made in the 1940s for Universal. Almost all of them are great exponents of the genre, although thematically this somewhat resents from its theatrical origin.
Anyway if inferior to Phantom Lady or The Killers, it's a very good film where Siodmak makes the most of an obsessive history of incest and possession.
The movie is full of interesting visual ideas and creates a very lugubrious, decadent and suffocating athmosphere. The actors are all wonderful, but Geraldine Fitgerald stands out as the dominant sister who can't bear to have her older brother marry the very trendy Ella Raines.
The last minute is totally unnecessary, but it is not a problem since it is so clear an addition forced by the censorship and has nothing to do with the film.
Anyway if inferior to Phantom Lady or The Killers, it's a very good film where Siodmak makes the most of an obsessive history of incest and possession.
The movie is full of interesting visual ideas and creates a very lugubrious, decadent and suffocating athmosphere. The actors are all wonderful, but Geraldine Fitgerald stands out as the dominant sister who can't bear to have her older brother marry the very trendy Ella Raines.
The last minute is totally unnecessary, but it is not a problem since it is so clear an addition forced by the censorship and has nothing to do with the film.