There is no gratitude and no allowance, and do not easily accept that others treat you well for no reason, otherwise it will be difficult for you to get away if you are trapped.
Rating: 7.60丨 Movie Library List: 120
Synopsis
Lola (Jean Tierney), the head of an advertising company, was shot to death at home with a shotgun. Detective Mark was sent to investigate the case.
There are two important suspects in this case, one is Ledke, a columnist who has close contacts with Laura.
The other is Shelby, Laura's fiancé.
During the investigation, Mark discovered that Shelby had an unclear relationship with Laura's aunt.
And from Ledec's mouth, he learned that Laura was about to tear up the marriage contract because of something.
So Mark locked the suspect as Shelby.
In a brief conversation with Shelby, Mark discovered that he was a man full of lies.
For example, he obviously has the keys to Laura's house, but he has always denied that they don't.
Moreover, his alibi on the day of the incident also had a lot of loopholes.
Mark finds Ledec, hoping to learn some of the past of Laura and Shelby through him, and find the motive for the murder.
It turns out that Shelby was just a little white face idle before he met Laura.
Because he was tall and handsome, and would make girls happy, Laura liked him very much after seeing him, and arranged him to work in his own advertising agency.
But dogs can't change eating shit. Shelby loves Laura on the surface, but secretly has a close relationship with a model of the company.
And Laura broke the marriage contract because she saw Shelby with her aunt.
Mark understood something instantly, and he came to Laura's house again to search for new clues.
Finally, he found a bottle of wine, but this grade of wine is not like Lola would buy it.
In other words, on the day of the crime, Shelby took the model to drink at Laura's house, but was caught by Laura who came home suddenly.
Shelby was so embarrassed that she killed Laura, but the question now is where is the murder weapon?
After a brainstorm, Mark felt a little tired, and he fell asleep at Laura's house.
After a while, I vaguely heard someone opening the door and a woman came in.
Mark glanced intently, but he didn't expect that she turned out to be Laura...
Film Analysis
A very neat suspense film, there is no ups and downs, no conspiracy and tricks, just tell a very simple story in a straightforward manner, but it is very similar to the style of director Otto Preminger. He shared his movie "Peachy" before. The Murder Case is equally detailed and complete.
In some plots in the film, you can still see the tribute of latecomers. For example, when the detective Mark talked to the columnist Ledec about the cause of Lola's death, he mentioned that it was exactly the same as the article he wrote before. This plot was shared with not long ago. The movie "Instinct" is very similar, and the resurrection of Laura reminds me of Hitchcock's "Victor". You know this movie is 15 years earlier than "Victor", so some good ideas It can be preserved forever, which is also one of the most important values of classic old movies.
There are not many characters in the film, so the murderer is not difficult to guess. One of the three choices also has a 33% hit rate. Moreover, according to the urinary nature of the suspense film, the one who resembles the murderer is often not, so the final truth is not unexpected. What impressed me was the characters created by the film. In that era, few films used two bad men to set off a woman.
Shelby's badness is now called "scum". He is a complete scumbag. He has a slippery tone, a glib tongue, a mouthful of lies, and he is useless. Such men are also everywhere now. They wander among many "silly" girls, consuming their trust and money, but such emotional liars are often very courageous, just like Lola said, "He simply Don't dare to kill."
Ledek’s bad is even more terrifying. He has a strong desire to control, and he is unwilling to let others own what he can’t get. Such a person will satisfy his own selfish desires by treating you well, and follow him to say good things. , If he disobeys his will, the consequences may be disastrous.
To be honest, in the process of watching movies, I repeatedly imagined Laura as a bad woman and Ledec as a poor old man. This is what this movie wants to express. We tend to presume a person by appearance. A lot of facts tell us that this is totally wrong. As the saying goes, a dog that can bite can't bark.
Giving and getting are not necessarily proportional. If you are willing to be nice to one person, how can you extravagantly ask for the other person's return?
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