So we complete our double bill of Rear Window co-stars as Wendell Corey drunkenly stumbles into the scheming life of femme fatale Barbara Stanwyck and ends up losing his family and livelihood. It's a neat tale, written by Ketti Frings and Marty Holland (with no doubt input from Siodmak) in which assistant DA Corey finds himself having to prosecute Stanwyck for her aunt's murder, knowing he was at the scene of the crime. It isn't quite as cinematic as Siodmak's other great films of this era, but has plenty going on, e.g. Corey can't stand his wife's father, and vice versa. Shocking ending also.
George Barnes behind the camera manages to conjure up his usual textures. The music's by Victor Young.
Paul Kelly is the understanding DA, Corey's wife is that Joan Tetzel again. Richard Rober is the bad guy. It's another Paramount picture, produced by Hal B. Wallis. The Blu-Ray (from Spain) was still fuzzy but definitely better than our previous copy despite still being somewhat noisy.
The scene where Stanwyck's being interrogated by Corey's boss while he is present is so similar to Double Indemnity's interrogation of Stanwyck by Edward G as MacMurray listens.
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