A polo player's wife becomes the mystery woman in a Long Island horsy-set murder trial..
Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s courtroom dramas where everyone talks in that specific mid-Atlantic clipped accent, then sure, go for it. If you need pacing that feels like a modern thriller, you’re going to be bored out of your mind within twenty minutes. It’s a weird, lopsided movie. It’s not...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Robert Florey
Dallas M. Fitzgerald
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"Is it worth your time? If you have a soft spot for 1930s courtroom dramas where everyone talks in that specific mid-Atlantic clipped accent, then sure, go for it. If you need pacing that feels like a modern thriller, you’re going to be bored out of your mind within twenty minutes. It’s a weird, lopsided movie. It’s not quite a mystery and not quite a romance. It just sort of… exists. Stanwyck doing the heavy lifting Barbara Stanwyck is the only reason to really pay attention here. She’s got thi..."
Wallace Irwin, Mary C. McCall Jr., Peter Milne
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