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Crime, Drama, Thriller 80 min NR
Rotten Tomatoes80%IMDb
From the Play that shocked Hollywood!
George Sanders stars in this engrossing melodrama about a very domineering sister who holds a tight grip on her brother -- especially when he shows signs of falling in love.
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George Sanders is the eponymous character, the last in a line of once wealthy members of the "Quincey" family, who lives a rather hen-pecked existence with older sister "Lettie" (Geraldine Fitzgerald) and the widowed "Hester" (Moyna MacGill). His only real respite comes from his design work at the local factory and from their head-screwed-on housekeeper "Nona" (Sara Allgood). It's when he meets "Ella" (Deborah Brown) that feathers start to ruffle and we embark on quite an engaging thriller that shows just how determined the elder sibling is to keep "Harry" on a tight leash. "Lettie" is cleverly subtle. She knows what buttons to press with her rather wimpish brother - and it's pretty clear that she is determined to split them up. Can she? Will she? Will he get a grip in time? It's the last half hour that sees the tension build nicely to a suitably fitting conclusion with a twist at the end that is maybe just little too convenient, but still it rounds off a surprisingly superior story of family politics, deception and bit of retribution, too. Sanders is on good form as the put-upon character and Fitzgerald adds something a little of the "Mrs. Danvers" to her role. Packs loads into ei
Read the whole review on TMDBThe last of the Quincey's. Robert Siodmak directs this psychological film noir that is based on the Broadway play Uncle Harry by Thomas Job. It stars George Sanders, Ella Raines, Geraldine Fitzgerald & Moyna MacGill. The story follows Harry Quincey (Sanders) a shy clothes designer in small town New England. He lives with his two sisters, the pretty but manipulative Lettie (Fitzgerald) and the more scatty and care free Hester (MacGill). Into his life comes the gorgeous Deborah Brown (Raines) who quickly brings colour to his otherwise dull existence. But Lettie is far from impressed and sets about doing all she can to stop the couple getting married and living together. Her actions will have dire consequences for all of the Quincey family. Though falling some way short of the noir standards of Siodmak's best genre efforts ("The Killers"/"Criss Cross"), this none the less is a dandy piece dealing in various forms of obsession. Finding that it's produced by Joan Harrison gives weight to the notion that this is more a "Hitchcockian" small town thriller than an overtly film noir piece. Harrison of course wrote a number of screenplays for "Hitchcock", and sure enough as the film unfolds o
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