While on a train, writer Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) strikes up a relationship with the gorgeous Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney). Ellen quickly becomes obsessed with Richard and abandons her fiancé, Russell Quinton (Vincent Price), to be with him. The couple rushes into marriage, with both of them caught up in romance and Richard intrigued by Ellen's intensity. Only after settling into marriage, however, does Richard realize that she is psychotically jealous and highly unstable.
Gene Tierney
Cornel Wilde
Jeanne Crain
Vincent Price
Director John M. Stahl
Screenplay Jo Swerling
Producer William A. Bacher, Darryl F. Zanuck
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Editing James B. Clark
Music Alfred Newman
Distributor 20th Century Fox
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