A mysterious woman in black moves in with married Manhattan thrill-seekers and helps one trick the other.
Acting
Simone Signoret's velvet threat — she never raises her voice, you still flinch.
Direction
Harrington's Sirk-by-way-of-Polanski atmosphere, all mirrors and unease.
Production
That penthouse set — wealth as its own kind of horror.
Director
Curtis Harrington
Simone Signoret
Lisa Schindler
James Caan
Paul Montgomery
Katharine Ross
Jennifer Montgomery
Don Stroud
Norman
Kent Smith
Harry Gordon
Estelle Winwood
Miss Beattie
Marjorie Bennett
Nora
Ian Wolfe
Dr. Edwards
Anthony Eustrel
Winthrop
Eloise Hardt
Celia
George Furth
Terry
Peter Brocco
Count
William O'Connell
Party Guest
Ena Hartman
Party Guest
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Harrington, an openly gay director in Hollywood's closeted era, smuggled queer desire into mainstream thrillers through coded 'games' of seduction and disguise.
James Caan made this between his breakthrough in El Dorado and The Godfather — you can watch him figuring out how to weaponize his own charm.
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