Top cast:Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson,Clara Williams,William A. Russell
Director:Guillermo del Toro
Genre:Music
Region:Palestine
Year:2020
Storyline: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.Lynnton (Leslie told her mother: "You should see the greedy look on your face!").A Whirlwind Romance - Bick and Leslie:Alone that evening on he Lynnton front porch, the towering, land-owning bachelor Bick became more personally acquainted with the curious and romantically-interested Leslie, and invited her to see "his country" (of Reata) in Texas.The romantic-thriller was much imitated at the time, e.g.,Charade (1963)andArabesque (1966).A modern-day remake planned to transplant the French setting to Miami, although it would keep the main storyline about a reformed jewel thief who attempts to clear his name when accused of a robbery."Meanwhile, during the exchange of Christmas gifts, the Hoggetts were given a fax machine - both were a bit intimidated by the modern gadget to be used to exchange letters." Outside, Virgil had to apologize o Grace for his "barbarian" companion: "You""re only he 12th human bein"" he""s seen this year.