What: A police detective falls in love with the woman whose murder he's investigating. (As you do.) The director is Otto Preminger; the detective is Dana Andrews; the woman is Gene Tierney; the suspects include Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, and Clifton Webb; the dialogue is sharp enough to draw blood; and the rest is critically-acclaimed film history.
Representative quote: "I should be sincerely sorry to see my neighbor's children devoured by wolves."
Bonus representative quote: "You'd better watch out, McPherson, or you'll finish up in a psychiatric ward. I doubt they've ever had a patient who fell in love with a corpse."
You might not like it if: You are inexplicably anti-noir.
How to get it: Buy it, borrow it, stream it, rent it. Whatever you do, though, please don't get confused about which actors are playing which roles. Take note: Dana is the man, Gene is the woman, and Vincent Price is not the gloomy one.
Connections to previous Wreckage: Get more noir with I Married a Dead Man (Rec. #47) and Brick (Rec. #62).
[Originally posted 10/10/11.]
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