A husband’s elaborate murder plot unravels with cerebral precision, building suspense with every calculated move.
Suspenseful and tense. A late-night trip at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Kanopy (free), Plex (free) and Tubi (free).
Heads up on some innuendo or implied sex. That is past what the PG on the box suggests. Beyond that, no swearing and a few tense moments.
Our estimate: fine from about 10. Rated PG.
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When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.
There is a twist, and that is all we are saying.
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