The gothic, noirish and effective melodrama, with the heme of a menaced, terrorized, sheltered or threatened woman (or wife) by a deranged man (often a husband), was one of a number of similar films made in the 1940s:Alfred Hitchcock""sRebecca (1940), with Joan FontaineAlfred Hitchcock""sSuspicion (1941), with Joan FontaineRobert Stevenson""sJane Eyre (1943), with Joan FontaineAlfred Hitchcock""sShadow of a Doubt (1943), with Teresa WrightOtto Preminger""sLaura (1944), with Gene TierneyWilliam Castle""sWhen Strangers Marry (1944) (aka Betrayed), with Kim HunterJoseph H.]At that moment, after invoking the Red River with the brand, two strangers ride up and approach them." She predicted the loss of her visionary powers by becoming his lover and sacrificing her virginity: "But my lord, in your bed, I would lose my gift of sight and you would lose your advantage in battle.Although the film is flawed by its excesses, an ambiguous and incohesive script, and a baffling ending, it still remains a brilliant evocation of the madness and horrors of war.Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With a production budget of $3.5 million, and box-office gross receipts of almost $6 million.BackgroundFargo(1996) is a self-proclaimed "homespun murder story" set in the white-washed, winter wilderness of the frozen and bleak Upper Midwest.