Your new husband defending you for killing your old husband? Awkward family dinners ahead.
A newly remarried widow is accused of having murdered her first husband, who died from arsenical poisoning. Being her present husband a lawyer he takes charge of her defense.
Acting
Elena Espejo's guilt-tinged glances steal every scene.
Direction
Salvador squeezes claustrophobia from simple domestic spaces.
Director
Julio Salvador
Conrado San Martín
Enrique Vallar
Elena Espejo
Ana María Figueroa
Francisco Rabal
Rafael Figueroa
Mary Lamar
Rosario Carreras
Carlo Tamberlani
Comisario
Rosita Valero
Farmacéutica
María Bru
Doña Teresa
Luis Pérez de León
Manzanares
Rafael Navarro
Testigo
Eugenio Testa
Don Antonio Herrera
José Ramón Giner
Guarda / testigo
Luis Induni
Ayudante del comisario
Emilio Fábregas
Farmacéutico (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1950s Spanish cinema operated under Francoist censorship, making this film's exploration of moral ambiguity quietly subversive.
Francisco Rabal would become an international star; here he's already smoldering with the intensity that defined his career.
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