The Suspect
His Was a Strange Secret, Hers Was a Strange Love
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1/26/1945Runtime
85 minsOverview
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
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A claustrophobic noir psychological thriller about a respectable man unraveling after committing the perfect crime, hunted by forces that know his secret. It's a steady descent into paranoia and moral reckoning wrapped in fog and shadow.
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