Jane Bandle has recently married, but Bill, her husband's brother, tries to wreck her marriage because Jane rejected his sexual advances before her marriage.Jane Bandle has recently married, but Bill, her husband's brother, tries to wreck her marriage because Jane rejected his sexual advances before her marriage.Jane Bandle has recently married, but Bill, her husband's brother, tries to wreck her marriage because Jane rejected his sexual advances before her marriage.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Neighbor's Wife
- (as Margie Stapp)
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film offers a rare glimpse at a contemporary 1949 television set, a bulky table model with a ten-inch rectangular screen, which commonly was required to be "set up" by qualified technicians who also needed to install an antenna on the roof before proper reception could be achieved. Commercial television broadcasts had begun in Los Angeles two years earlier in 1947 on KTLA (Channel 5).
- GoofsJane is said to have broken a heel In the fall that caused her to miss her escape by bus, but as she picks up a broken heel off the ground and carries it with her, the heels on the shoes on both her feet remain intact and attached.
- Quotes
Jane Bandle: You make me guilty of the most disgusting thing a woman can do! No! No, I'd rather kill myself right here and now than... than believe a love I knew was good and fine is... is THIS!
Dennis Williams: Jane, don't talk like that.
Jane Bandle: I would!
[picks up knife]
Dennis Williams: Jane, stop that! Give it to me
[struggle ensues, Dennis is stabbed]
A mixed bag on offer in this one, where a broth of "sins" is stirred suitably in predominantly one location. Set-up bares a striking resemblance to Hitchcock's Rope released the previous year, where a group of characters are thrust together in one living room deconstructing their sins, shattered dreams and ulterior motives - all while a supposed dead body lays prone in one of the bedrooms.
The thematics at work are prime film noir, adultery, suicide attempt, sexual aggression, jealous agenda, duping and etc, all of which only comes to life half way through the piece. Here in is the problem, the pic asks for a lot of patience from the viewer before really getting going, which although the character group dynamic is pungent with an unsavoury odour, it never fully gets out of first gear.
Things aren't helped by the flat visual look of the piece, where with the story set in daytime, we yearn for a bit of noir flourish from one of the ace noir photographers of the time. Then there's Steiner's score, which is a cracker, ebullience in abundance, only it's in the wrong film! Moorehead is wasted in what is ultimately a walk on passive role, but at least Clark and Day nail the traits of their respective characters.
No hidden gem here, and noir hunters should be advised this is only noir from a plot perspective, but enough damaged human conditioning here to make it above average. 6.5/10
- hitchcockthelegend
- Sep 22, 2018
Details
- Runtime1 hour 9 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1