Noir~ish drama in which a duplicitous woman attempts to have her lover murder her doting husband. Hubby survives, would-be assassin dies fleeing the scene of the attempt, hubby eventually returns home and is charged with the lover's murder.
A conventional romance (with stringed music) emerges with the most lovely Ella Raines. The 'noirest' aspect of the film is the slightly convoluted crime plot. Charles Coburn's canny Irish cop makes a decent fist of a Munster accent.
Part inspiration for the Coen bros' 'The Man Who Wasn't There' perhaps, albeit with a happpier ending. It's a good film, legally viewable online at archive.org or at
the Open Flix YT Channel.
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