Bogart was someone you want in charge as in Sahara and countless roles where he is the hero. Then there is the guy gone off the rails as in numerous Warners mob movies through his many oddball and psychotic roles later. Then there is here the younger Babs who finds herself in a gothic situation. Babs has a revolver, in a good way, taking the edge off Phyllis from Double Indemnity. As a wife killer Bogie goes well beyond Milland to the outer realms of Karloff and Lugosi. The reduction of Stanwyck to fending off a monster was not such a step back here where her glamour, bounce and acting chops make this memorable.
Review of The Two Mrs. Carrolls
