Ann (Gene Tierney), is the kleptomaniac wife of a successful psychoanalyst (Richard Conte). She seems to be facing a scandal, when she is arrested for shoplifting, but a stranger David Korvo (Jose Ferrer), comes to her aid. He gains her confidence and being a hypnotist begins treating her for kleptomania, but he's not what he seems to be. A fact that becomes obvious when she finds herself up for murder, when the police find her in a room with a strangled woman, and no idea how she got there. Unsure whether or not she committed the crime, her only chance is her husband, who believes Korvo to be the real murderer.Gene Tierney gives a great performance as the distant and eternally worried suspect, in this tightly wound, but slightly ridiculous film noir. Whilst Ferrer is suitably creepy, evil and charming in turn.
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