| RATING: | 80% |
| FORMAT: | DVD - 1st-Generation |
VHS-quality transfer of a faded print that still manages to thrill with its melodramatic intensity.
A tale of guilt and redemption and the unresolved secrets of the past that still have their affect in the present. As so often in Hollywood, when the movies are female-centered, the men have feet of clay and marry women with stronger wills than their own - that, or more money than they could earn on their own.
The performances, from all concerned, are excellent and help raise this above the usual melodramatic cliché. Excellent characterization from a sometimes meandering noir screenplay shows off Barbara STANWYCK to the same great effect she displayed in Double Indemnity.
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