18.5.11

marilyn (1954)


aka Roadhouse Girl.
"I wish you were dead."
A garage owner's wife, Marilyn (Sandra Dorne) is a wilful young thing. She's kept on a tight leash by her husband, but this doesn't stop her taking up with new employee Tom (Maxwell Reed). The inevitable discovery is followed by the inevitable struggle where the husband dies. With the husband out of the way, Marilyn sets about re-inventing her life, and takes up with Nicky (Ferdy Mayne), and jealously rears its head again.
Underplayed little pot boiler, that never sparks to life due to Marilyn coming across as spoilt brat rather than the siren she's supposed to be.

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