This movie was going really good, and I do love Ida Lupino, but after Deborah flees her her husband on their honeymoon; it is a down hill mess. Everybody besides the husband thinks that she's dead, he goes to search for her to make sure that she actually is dead shortly after the "accident", he wants to make sure that she never tells about him having possibly murdered her father in order to marry her and get control of the mill. This is something that she learns from his supposedly ex-girlfriend on their honeymoon. What bugs me is that while he is searching the woods for her with his flashlight, she keeps getting up from her hiding spot and moving around and making noise. Can't she just wait until she's sure he's gone? Every time she steps on a branch he comes back to look again, but she keeps making noise! Obviously if Deborah had an ounce of sense she would go straight to the police when she's able, but it's just as obvious that she can't do that because then there would be no movie. Deborah is an idiot. She meets a man who works at a newspaper stand who is even stupider than she is. This guy eventually thinks he recognizes her from the newspaper articles that the husband had written up offering a big cash reward for her return; since they didn't find a body he can't rest until he's sure she won't be trouble.
The newspaper guy follows Deborah around getting to know her, or at least the fake her otherwise known as Ann Carter. She's going to hide out until she can find the ex-girlfriend to corroborate her story about the husband being a murderer instead of going to the police! The nice newspaper guy thinks that he's helping by calling the reward number and telling the husband that Deborah is indeed alive and is mixed up and confused and needs help. What business is this of his? Why would you do that? It wasn't about the reward. So the husband finds Deborah and tries to kill her but fails. Finally Deborah tells newspaper guy that she's on the run from crazy husband and needs his help. What does he do? He calls the husband again and sets Deborah up! She thinks they are getting on a train to escape but the husband is waiting for her on the train, she has been hand delivered by the helpful newspaper guy; otherwise known as meddling idiot. Of course not shortly after newspaper guy realizes his mistake and tries to fix things. More nonsense ensues. The ex-girlfriend is now back with the husband and sets Deborah up to be killed at the mill. The ex-girlfriend is accidentally killed by boyfriend who thinks he's killing his wife. Then he kills his on self by accident. Every main character in this stupid movie deserved to die! How Deborah could take up with the newspaper guy in the end is beyond me, but Deborah is slow and stupid so I should not be surprised.
The newspaper guy follows Deborah around getting to know her, or at least the fake her otherwise known as Ann Carter. She's going to hide out until she can find the ex-girlfriend to corroborate her story about the husband being a murderer instead of going to the police! The nice newspaper guy thinks that he's helping by calling the reward number and telling the husband that Deborah is indeed alive and is mixed up and confused and needs help. What business is this of his? Why would you do that? It wasn't about the reward. So the husband finds Deborah and tries to kill her but fails. Finally Deborah tells newspaper guy that she's on the run from crazy husband and needs his help. What does he do? He calls the husband again and sets Deborah up! She thinks they are getting on a train to escape but the husband is waiting for her on the train, she has been hand delivered by the helpful newspaper guy; otherwise known as meddling idiot. Of course not shortly after newspaper guy realizes his mistake and tries to fix things. More nonsense ensues. The ex-girlfriend is now back with the husband and sets Deborah up to be killed at the mill. The ex-girlfriend is accidentally killed by boyfriend who thinks he's killing his wife. Then he kills his on self by accident. Every main character in this stupid movie deserved to die! How Deborah could take up with the newspaper guy in the end is beyond me, but Deborah is slow and stupid so I should not be surprised.