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Mystery. Film noir. Drama
The unsuccessful writer Stephen Byrne tries to force his servant Emily Gaunt sexually while his wife Marjorie Byrne is visiting a friend and accidentally strangles her. His crippled brother John Byrne coincidently comes to his house in that moment, and Stephen asks him to help to get rid of the corpse and avoid an scandal, since his wife would be pregnant. The naive and good John helps his brother to dump the body in the river nearby ... [+]
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October 26, 2017
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Trazos expresionistas en esta obra de la etapa estadounidense de Lang, quien sabe evocar la inquietud desde el comienzo de la película, al situar al espectador en el dilema del sufrimiento del protagonista. Si bien no es una de las piezas clave del director, sí se puede considerar una obra a la altura de "La mujer del cuadro", pues además de por su corrección destaca por su palpable personalidad, la cual sale siempre a flote.