Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

XoWizIama Excellent adaptation.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

mark.waltz For attractive spinster Katharine Hepburn, the sudden introduction to the handsome Robert Taylor sweeps her off her feet and leads her straight into matrimony. She's got family present. He doesn't. The sudden revelation that he has a brother whom he hates begins to disturb the new Mrs., and several other factors raise suspicions for her that all is not well. A certain concerto Hepburn plays disturbs Taylor violently, and questions about the missing brother's whereabouts raise more suspicions. Others get testy every time that the brother is mentioned, leading to a dark conclusion where having curiosity proves to be quite a dangerous trait.All four of the great stars (Hepburn, Crawford, Davis, Stanwyck) went from playing strong will and independent women to ladies in jeopardy, evidence that times were changing post World War II. Hepburn seems to be stretching the truth in trying to make us believe that she could be anything but formidable. Taylor's moody and neurotic, so most of the mystery surrounds him. All of the questions seem to have answers to them on the way when Hepburn meets Robert Mitchum, the caretaker of a woodsy cottage owned by the family, but those answers aren't what she's expected. This is the only film noir that Hepburn ever did, and the only one directed by Vincent Minnelli, an odd choice for this assignment.A talented supporting cast includes Edmund Gwenn as Hepburn's lovable father, Marjorie Main as their longtime housekeeper, Clinton Sundberg as the bookkeeper for Taylor's company and Jayne Meadows as a nosy socialite who quizzes Hepburn on Taylor's brother but obviously knows more than she's letting on. "I Love Lucy" fans will be delighted to see Kathryn Card in a showy small part. The film is fairly intriguing, only slightly convoluted and glossy to the max. Hepburn and Taylor lack spark, hence their only film together, although I wouldn't have minded seeing Hepburn paired again with Mitchum, especially in their older years.

Smyers-831-496755 This is a dreadful movie with a terrific cast. The studios probably thought they could not miss with Hepburn, Taylor, Mitchum, and, I know, let's use Minnelli to direct. Can't miss!Whatever your thoughts of Katherine Hepburn, she is wildly miscast as the simpering, cringing wife. And Mitchum? Where the heck was he for 9/10 of the movie? It's Taylor's first picture after the war. He is probably sorry the Germans surrendered so soon.This one is only interesting for the historical footnotes and the absolutely, completely awful script. No one and nothing could have saved this dog. No one.

writers_reign ... after Bringing Up Baby, The Philadelphia Story, to name only two, was this piece of cheese which does no one any favors. Strangely for Minnelli the construction is all over the place, for example, after establishing the close relationship between father-daughter Edmund Gwenn and Kathering Hepburn (reprising their relationship from Sylvia Scarlett) Gwenn virtually disappears leaving Hepburn isolated which is fine in terms of the plot but unrealistic in real life. Similarly Robert Taylor is introduced as a hard-headed successful businessman, hardly the kind of person to fall for an insecure wallflower. The only one required to do any real acting is Robert Mitchum, cast against type as a thoroughly decent man who values poetry and composition - the kind of part Leslie Howerd played in The Petrified Forest. Mitchum brings it off to a fare-thee-well but that's about the best you can give it.

vincentlynch-moonoi There's something wrong with this film.I've read several professional reviews of this film, and several try to liken it to Hitchcock's "Suspicion". This is a faulty comparison, in my view. Several reviews also pointed out that this was the only film noir film Katherine Hepburn ever appeared in. Well, although it was a very different plot, it somehow reminded me of the Hepburn/Tracy film "Keep Of The Flame" (an oddball favorite of mine).The film starts out innocently enough, with Katherine Hepburn living with her scientist-father (Edmund Gwenn), and then being swept off her feet by the suave businessman (Robert Taylor) who is buying her father's scientific discovery. They marry, she is pushed into the world of Washington and big business, becomes rather sophisticated, but sense something wrong with the story of her husband's strained relationship with his brother (Robert Mitchum, who you don't see in the film until about halfway through). Hepburn becomes more and more suspicious of her husband, coming to the conclusion that perhaps he did murder his brother. Desperate to hold his marriage together, Taylor becomes (too) suddenly threatening, and attempts to kill his wife. This seems a little implausible, since although he was moody about his brother, he never appeared to be mentally ill. There's a great scene in the film where Taylor attempts to force his wife -- on horseback -- off a mountain cliff (and there are no mountains in Middleburg, Virginia where this portion of the film supposedly takes place...they might better have placed it in Winchester, further to the west). And who comes to Hepburn's rescue? No, not whom you expect! :-) In the end the bad guy dies...you'll have to watch the film to see who the bad brother really is -- Mitchum or Taylor.But as I said, there is still something not quite right with this film, yet I can't put my finger on it. I'm not saying it's a bad film. It's worth watching...once...for the performance of Hepburn, which is quite good. Taylor does well here, also, despite his sudden onset on mental illness. And Mitchum is cast in a different light than we often expect. Yes, watch it, but you may not want to put this on your DVD shelf