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Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.33:1, Dolby Digital Stereo, Commentary, Trailer, Still Gallery, News Footage, English, Spanish Subtitled
Though she is engaged to a politician (Vincent Price), Ellen (Gene Tierney) lures the handsome Richard (Cornel Wilde) into marriage after knowing him just a few days. But Richard learns from her sister (Jeanne Crain) and mother (Mary Philips) that Ellen's selfish, possessive love has ruined other people's lives. When his own brother drowns while in Ellen's care and she has an accident that kills her unborn child. Richard grows increasingly suspicious of her unsatiable devotion.
Editor's Note
A woman who loves too much marries a man she's only known a few days--much to her fiance's surprise--and her new husband discovers that her selfish ways have ruined others. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actress--Gene Tierney. Academy Awards: Best (Color) Cinematography.
Plot Summary
This genuinely perverse and fascinating film noir, filmed in incredibly rich Technicolor, is the tale of a woman's obsessive desire to possess her husband, exclusive of anyone else in the world.| Ellen Berent and her husband, writer Richard Harland, move to his lodge in Maine. In order to be completely alone with him, Ellen makes the handyman go away and stands by as Richard's attention-grabbing, crippled brother drowns in the lake. Pregnant Ellen also purposely miscarries their child. When Ellen's sister Ruth visits, Ellen's paranoia and jealousy catapult her to confess to Richard that she was responsible for the "accidents." Sickened by Ellen's confession, Richard decides to leave her for good. Ellen's next plan of action is quite possibly the ultimate revenge ever carried out by a jilted, crazed lover.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo, English, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono | | Theatrical Trailer | | Restoration Comparison | | Still Gallery | | Movietone News Footage (Film Premiere, Oscar Presentations) | | Full Screen Presentation | | Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Commentary by Darryl Hickman and Film Critic Richard Schickel |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Foxvideo |
| Release Date: 2/22/2005 |
| Running Time: 110 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1945 | | Catalog ID: 2222626 | | UPC: 00024543126263 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1945) |  | Leon Shamroy, Winner, Best Cinematography |
| Memorable Quotes| One of the advertising tag--lines described the film as "The sum total of all human emotion!" |
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| | Professional Reviews | Premiere
"...Femme fatale nonpareil..." 03/01/1995 p.92Entertainment Weekly
Ranked #4 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Best Video Releases of 1995" -- "...One of the creepiest..." 12/29/1995 p.144 USA Today
"...Leon Shamroy's color cinematography, a deserving Oscar-winner, looks like era magazine illustrations put to film..." 03/03/1995 p.3D |
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