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The Unholy Wife

1957 · 94 min

A brooding, flashback-driven noir that simmers with marital deceit and fatal miscalculation, watching a femme fatale's schemes unravel with grim inevitability.

Directed by
John Farrow
Genres
Crime, Drama
Tagline
HALF-ANGEL......HALF-DEVIL, she made him HALF-A-MAN! ...she flaunted his hopes, taunted his dreams, turned his peaceful valley into a volcano of seething passions that even murder could not stem!
Overview
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.

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Directed by
John Farrow
Genres
Crime, Drama
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • crime
  • guilt
  • deception
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, drama
Directed by
John Farrow
Written by
Jonathan Latimer
Starring
Diana Dors, Rod Steiger, Tom Tryon, Beulah Bondi, Marie Windsor, Arthur Franz, Luis van Rooten, Joe De Santis
Music
Daniele Amfitheatrof
Cinematography
Lucien Ballard
Runtime
94 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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