Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Bardlerx Strictly average movie

Derry Herrera Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

Cissy Évelyne It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

mark.waltz Whether ingénue or dark lady, Margaret Lockwood was as stunning as they come. 70-80 years after her reign as Britain's most glamorous actress, she's got a following yet is hardly mentioned in conversation along with raven haired beauties like Merle Oberon, Vivien Leigh or Ava Gardner. But as the femme fatale of a slew of Gainsborough films in the 1940's, she has gained a world wide reputation among classic film connoisseurs as one of the best, with American audiences as entranced with her, perhaps more than the others, because she's a new discovery and her films are delightfully decadent. Newly married to staid Ian Hunter, Lockwood's dark beauty Bedelia is as mysterious as she is charming. But there's an unexplained darkness in her, with her eyes widening in horror as various names are dropped, as if she knew at any moment that her past was coming back to haunt her. While husband Hunter just becomes concerned over her change in moods, old friends Barry K. Barnes and Anne Crawford (as well as the nosy servants and nurse) start to have their own suspicions, creating a mystery that will have the audience intrigued as well.I've already been a fan of Lockwood's since first seeing her as the heroine in Hitchcock's "The Lady Vanishes", then finding her Gainsborough films, the best of which are "The Man in Grey" and of course "The Wicked Lady". Those were period films, and while this independent film is modern set, it is as Gothic as the others. By the same author as "Laura" (Vera Caspary), this is not as classic a film, but the pacing and details are quite excellent, slow moving enough to be moody yet never dull. The fact that Lockwood remained loyal to British cinema shows that she cared about art enough to convince her to avoid "going Hollywood".

clanciai A brilliant story with a fast and pregnant dialogue all along, presents the fascinating case of a double-faced woman, the other face of which is well hidden behind a mask of superb charm and beauty - it's impossible to believe anything else but the best of her; but a nosy insurance investigator, not at all sympathetic but rather callous and rude in his constant meddling into the business of a happily and recently married couple, finds out more and more unpleasant things no one really wants to know, not even himself. Alas, it all leads to more unpleasantness.Margaret Lockwood is as usual quite reliable and convincing in not a too glamorous part, Ian Hunter makes the perfect husband and reacts as anyone would in such an awkward situation, intrepidly handling the crisis with an admirable effort at controlling himself, while Barry K. Barnes carries through the difficult task of making a graceless character acceptable for his uneasy plight. Anne Crawford is a delightful surprise as another beauty, who after all remains when all the lights are gone. This is not clearly expressed in the film, but it should not be forgotten.To this comes the interesting detail of the black pearl, which somehow symbolizes the whole story. She wants to get rid of it but refuses to sell it for a fortune, when asked for it she denies she still has it, and then it returns to bring about her doom. It should be noted that the author also was guilty of "Laura".It's not a great or ambitious film but well above the average of so many other similar secondary melodramas.

malcolmgsw We know that Margaret Lockwood is up to no good when she refuses to have her photograph taken early on.So this takes away much of the suspense from this film.It is difficult to believe in Lockwood as the serial poisoner as her actions seem at the very least to be eccentric.Her dealings with the black pearl ring,her eventual success in getting the nurse fired and then trying to poison Barry K Barnes and her attempts to go on holiday in the middle of a blizzard.Everything is competently done but rather lacks any flair.Perhaaps it needed a more stylish cast to breathe life into it eg Rathbone and Harding in Love From A Stranger,or better direction eg "Madelaine".Whatever the case this is definitely in the second division of thrillers.

howardmorley What a treat to buy this old movie from a rare US dealer to add to my Margaret Lockwood (ML) collection.I was in doubt if I would ever find a copy after many days of fruitless research as it is not sold by mainstream video/DVD dealers, never appears on eBay nor is it shown on UK TV networks.In fact the film only seemed to be shown by exclusive cinema clubs.I have a fascination for film noirs made in the year of my birth, i.e. 1946.Barry K Barnes was on her side to defend her as a barrister in "The Girl in the News"(1940) when ML played nurse Graham wrongly accused of murdering her employer.Here in "Bedelia" he plays an insurance investigator who adopts the persona of an artist when under cover, investigating deaths by poison of Bedelia's previous husbands.In "Bedelia" he is out to get her.Ian Hunter as Charlie Carrington had the good fortune to play opposite Hedy Lamarr in "Come Live With Me" (1941) and here co-stars with ML, another sultry, raven haired beauty.If film fans can visualise Lady Skelton (ML's most famous role) from "The Wicked Lady" (1945) transported from the late 17th century to 1946; this is how she would behave!!It was good to see Anne Crawford again.I have her in my collection in "They Were Sisters" and "Millions Like Us" both from 1943.She tragically died quite young per IMDb's biography.I thought the Vera Caspary story, originally set in Connecticut in 1913, was easily transplanted to Europe in a contemporary setting.It gave ML the chance to wear some attractive costumes.I thought the user rating low at 5.7 and have rated it 7/10 to give it a bit of an uplift.If any of you can find a copy of this rare film, it will be well worth the effort.