Impact (1949)




Impact (1949) - IMDb: "A unfaithful wife plots with her lover to kill her husband, but the lover is accidentally killed instead. The husband stays in hiding, and lets his wife be charged with conspiracy."

Stars: Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn
"Wealthy businessman survives attempt by wife to have him killed, makes it look like she succeeded and starts a new life in small town as auto mechanic. Variation on idea elevated to noir importance by The Killers (1946), where victim of femme fatale tries to abandon the city and his past identity." - noir expert Spencer Selby

This movie is part of the collection: Film Noir

Audio/Visual: sound, b&w
Keywords: pdmovies

Creative Commons license: Public Domain




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