A spouse has a discretion which results in accidental death or something close to it, and the guilty party desperately tries to hide their involvement in the situation. That's the situation for Jean Seberg whose husband Arthur Hill is away, meeting Ensign Sean Garrison which results in him going ballistic when she tries to break things off after a weekend fling, and that results in her believing that he's dead and with neighbor Honor Blackman hiding the body. Inspector Grégoire Aslan suspects that's a bird knows more than she's telling when he spots her where the body was found, and somehow Hill ends up in the investigation. When Garrison shows up very much alive with Hill and Asian in tow, Seberg panics, afraid that his memory will return and expose everything.
This type of story line goes back to the silent era, and has been the subject of movies starring Crawford, Stanwyck, Turner and others. In fact, it's surprising that this Universal film was not produced by Ross Hunter because it has that feeling of an "Imitation of Life"/"Madame X" style film, including an exotic setting and romantic music oh, featuring a title theme song. The best thing about the film is Honor Blackman as the man crazy neighbor, loyal to Seberg throughout. Asian is quite amusing too. In spite of some serious cliches, this is a very enjoyable film, a little sleeper I had never heard of, but one I will recommend highly to friends.
This type of story line goes back to the silent era, and has been the subject of movies starring Crawford, Stanwyck, Turner and others. In fact, it's surprising that this Universal film was not produced by Ross Hunter because it has that feeling of an "Imitation of Life"/"Madame X" style film, including an exotic setting and romantic music oh, featuring a title theme song. The best thing about the film is Honor Blackman as the man crazy neighbor, loyal to Seberg throughout. Asian is quite amusing too. In spite of some serious cliches, this is a very enjoyable film, a little sleeper I had never heard of, but one I will recommend highly to friends.