And yet another 'goodie' from the great host of that great crime serial - with a touch of Noir, like so many times, and more concretely a touch of James M. Cain's fabulous crime-and-passion novels. In fact, it IS set in the detective fiction writers' milieu, enthralling the 'captive audience' (which means not only us, but also his publisher and a young colleague, to whom he sends the tapes describing his... story...) very cleverly in a series of flashbacks, making us believe that we're in for a similar story as "The Postman Always Rings Twice" or "Double Indemnity" - but at some point (as Hitchcock's stories usually do), the plot takes an entirely different turn...
The cast is excellent, too: James Mason as passionate as I've VERY rarely seen him, and young Angie Dickinson as the quintessential femme fatale; BUT if you want to find out about the outcome of their 'fatal affair' - see for yourself! Because we must NEVER give away the ending of a Hitchcock thriller, as we all know...
The cast is excellent, too: James Mason as passionate as I've VERY rarely seen him, and young Angie Dickinson as the quintessential femme fatale; BUT if you want to find out about the outcome of their 'fatal affair' - see for yourself! Because we must NEVER give away the ending of a Hitchcock thriller, as we all know...