A promising young composer is tempted away from his devoted wife by a fortune-seeking woman who cares more for his prospects than for him.
Acting
Martha Vickers devouring scenes like alimony checks.
Production
Micro-budget sets that somehow scream expensive lies.
Director
Alfred Zeisler
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during peak 1940s 'alimony panic,' when men's magazines ran endless stories about predatory ex-wives bankrupting honest husbands.
Director Alfred Zeisler fled Nazi Germany in 1933; his Hollywood career became specializing in exactly this kind of lurid exploitation quickie.
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