6/10
Preposterous cat-and-mouse plot played out in Hitchcockian seriousness with a suavely devilish turn by Robert Newton
22 November 2024
Dr. Clive Riordan, a doctor whose wife (Sally Gray) tends to flirt a lot has had enough. When caught with yet another man, he decides he has had enough and takes matters into his own hands. From there on out he hatches a dastardly scheme to be rid of the latest interloper in a manner which becomes overly convoluted and vulnerable to detection. Though the story strains incredulity in places (and includes a needless coincidence) the parts are played meticulously in a haughty tone with a tightly written script that uses language very adeptly. Robert Newton performs like a dormant volcano, holding its emotional lava within, as he carries out his overwrought plan to revenge his wife. Faintly ludicrous at times but still very watchable.
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