18.11.11

cause for alarm (1951)


"Whatever made you think I'm perfect."
George (Barry Sullivan) is a bedridden man due to a heart condition, who believes that his wife (Loretta Young) is having an affair with his doctor (Bruce Cowling), an old friend. Believing they are about to kill him he writes an incriminating letter, then confronts his wife with his allegations, threatening her with a gun, before collapsing dead. Now the race is on to retrieve the letter, before the authorities recieve it...
Film noir, that ratchets up the paranoia and suspense with a subtily adept script.

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