Summary
A searing indictment of patriarchal indifference, Douglas Bronston's "An Enemy of Men" plunges into the psychological maelstrom of Norma Bennett, a woman forged in the crucible of profound familial tragedy. Witnessing her younger sister, Janet, succumb to the twin cruelties of marital desertion and fatal childbirth, Norma transmutes her grief into a chilling, calculated vendetta against the entire male sex. Her campaign of emotional and social retribution, executed with a precision born of deep-seated bitterness, ensnares a succession of unsuspecting victims, each encounter a notch in her unwavering quest for an abstract justice. This relentless crusade, however, faces an unforeseen challenge in the form of Dr. Phil, a man whose inherent decency and compassionate spirit threaten to dismantle the very foundations of Norma's meticulously constructed fortress of hatred, forcing a profound reevaluation of her mission and the possibility of human connection beyond the scars of past wounds.
Norma Bennett (Dorothy Revier), after her younger sister Janet (Barbara Luddy) is deserted by her husband and dies in childbirth, vows to make all men suffer. Which she does for several men, until she meets a fine young man called Dr. Phil (Cullen Landis).
