Rating: - Engrossing Psychological Mystery
This atmospheric mystery plays out like a gothic drama, the stark black and white photography of Hal Mohr and Tschaikousky's music creating a sustained mood until its satisfying conclusion. Produced by Mort Briskin and Robert Smith, who also wrote the story, it gradually pulls the viewer in deeper and deeper until we are completely immersed in the happenings.
A mysterious mood is set from the very beginning with shots of the California coast and a house built on a cliff overlooking the sea called Hilltop. Betsy Drake's voice relates her fear regarding a knock on the door, then flashes back to the events leading up to it. Robert Young is an architect named Jeff who meets and charms Betsy Drake's Ellen Foster on a train bound for Pine Cliff. It is where he built Hilltop for a bride we discover died in a tragic car accident the day before their marriage. He has not been the same since, Dr. Hartley (Morris ... Read More
Rating: - Robert Young classic
I had never heard of this movie, but it was a very pleasent surprise. It was suspenseful and a good watch. Well worth the purchase.
Rating: - A good mystery with a certified public accountant as the heroine; Ellen Foster knows how to put two and two together
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderly again..." Wait, wrong movie. "Today," Ellen Foster tells us, "I looked upon the cliff where Hilltop stood. I can still see its hanging roofs against the cyprus trees. But Hilltop is no more. There is only a scar of jutting rock where once its windows glittered in the California sun." The Second Woman, starring Robert Young and Betsy Drake, may be no Rebecca but it is a tidy, effective mystery worth watching. You can be sure it will never be shown in college film studies classes, which is a shame. It's a solid example of the kind of professional, commercial movies Hollywood still was turning out even as the studios crumbled and public taste was changing.
In the wealthy coastal town of Pine Cliff, where the privileged many spend Friday and Saturday evenings at the Country Club, there is concern about Jeff Cohalan. He's an architect who seems to be going off the rails. ... Read More
Rating: - Noirish Melodrama fails to thrill
Robert Young plays Jeff Cohalan, an architect who may or may not have caused the death of his bride-to-be several months ago. Now, as he becomes involved with a young woman staying nearby, strange "accidents" begin to plague his life ... is Jeff subconsciously "punishing" himself over his feelings of guilt, or is something more sinister going on?
Unfortunately, the outcome of the mystery is rather routine, the romance aspect of the plot is rather unconvincing, and though the film isn't exactly dull, it's not half the fun it could have been.
Alpha's DVD is about average for them (which is to say pretty poor by anyone else's standards). The picture is watchable, not too dark, but there are numerous instances of print damage and vertical lines appear on the right side of the picture for long periods of the film. Sound quality is again poor, but bearable. It's low and rather muffled throughout the ... Read More
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