Conflict

Conflict

SUSPENSE...SUSPICION...MAN-WOMAN DESIRES!

NR 1945 · 86 min · ★ 6.7 · Thriller

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt · Written by Arthur T. Horman

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