Directed by Nicholas Ray • 1950 • United States
Starring Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott

Joan Fontaine makes for a memorably ruthless femme fatale in this deliciously dishy noir melodrama from genre master Nicholas Ray. She plays Christabel Caine, the outwardly sweet, beautiful, and doting wife of a wealthy man she stole from her best friend. Still, Christabel cannot stop herself from seducing men who are helpless before her sexual allure and blind to her debauchery—even as her infidelity and scheming threaten to unleash tragedy.