On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
Acting
Joan Leslie's frantic desperation as déjà vu crumbles her.
Direction
Werker's economical noir shadows on a B-movie budget.
Writing
Cruel irony: she changes details, not destiny.
Director
Alfred L. Werker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joan Leslie was 22 playing a world-weary wife; she'd retire from acting just four years later.
A rare female-led noir where the femme fatale IS the protagonist—decades before *Groundhog Day* stole its thunder.
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