Directed by Gerd Oswald • 1956 • United States
Starring Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Virginia Leith
He had looks, charm, and killer instinct! This Sirkian noir stars Robert Wagner as Bud Corliss, a handsome college boy so obsessed with wealth that he’d do anything to get it. When his rich girlfriend (Joanne Woodward) gets pregnant and is threatened with disinheritance, Bud stages her suicide, sending her plummeting from the roof of a high-rise. It’s the perfect crime—until the dead girl’s sister (Virginia Leith) begins to unravel Bud’s deadly scheme.
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Bigger Than Life
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Written on the Wind
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No Down Payment
Directed by Martin Ritt • 1957 • United States
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