The Second Woman
Not since 'SPELLBOUND' such a masterpiece of suspense!
Directed by James V. Kern
Produced by Cardinal Pictures, Harry Popkin Productions
A noir-inflected psychological thriller that uses romantic attraction and mounting dread to explore the thin line between genuine danger and paranoid delusion.
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.
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Like The Second Woman, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
