Le couteau dans la plaie (1962)

Directors

Anatole Litvak

Cast

Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Gig Young, Yolande Turner

The story

Immediately after Lisa (Loren) declares that she is leaving her unbalanced, jealous, and abusive husband Robert (Perkins), he is reported dead in a plane crash. Secretly still alive, he convinces her to collect his life insurance and turn it over to him, promising he'll go away. Lisa reluctantly follows through but must contend with the complications of the scheme which involve an aggressive and curious suitor (Gig Young), an on-looking and loose-lipped neighbor boy, Robert's jealousy and manipulation, and her own guilt.

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