Horace Vendig always gets what he wants. Even as a poor youth, he charmed his way into high society by getting the father of his friend, Martha, to foot the bill for his Harvard education. When Vic, another childhood pal, is invited to Horace's mansion for a party, he brings along Mallory Flagg, who happens to bear a striking resemblance to Martha. As Vic and Horace reunite, old resentments rise to the surface.
Acting
Zachary Scott's glacial charm masks a void where empathy should be.
Direction
Ulmer's Poverty Row genius: maximum psychological damage, minimal budget.
Writing
The doppelgänger twist that dares you to take it seriously.
Director
Edgar G. Ulmer
Zachary Scott
Horace Woodruff 'Woody' Vendig
Louis Hayward
Vic Lambdin
Diana Lynn
Martha Burnside / Mallory Flagg
Sydney Greenstreet
Buck Mansfield
Lucille Bremer
Christa Mansfield
Martha Vickers
Susan Duane
Dennis Hoey
Mr. Burnside
Edith Barrett
Mrs. Burnside
Raymond Burr
Pete Vendig
Joyce Arling
Kate Vendig
Charles Evans
Bruce Endicott McDonald
Robert J. Anderson
Horace Vendig as a Child
Ann Carter
Martha Burnside as a Child
Edna Holland
Libby Sims
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edgar G. Ulmer shot this in six days for Producers Releasing Corporation, a 'Poverty Row' studio where genius went to die cheap.
Diana Lynn plays both women Horace destroys; the film implies all feminine idealism is interchangeable to him.
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