Ida Lupino, Cornel Wilde, Celeste Holm, Richard Widmark, O.Z. Whitehead, Robert Karnes, George Beranger, Ian McDonald, Grandon Rhodes. Title and credits from screen. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Story by Margaret Gruen and Oscar Saul. 1.33:1 aspect ratio. Special features: audio commentary by film noir historians Kim Morgan and Eddie Muller; Killer instincts: Richard Widmark and Ida Lupino at Twentieth Century Fox featurette; Animated image gallery; Trailer.
Summary:
"Jefferson Robbins owns a roadhouse near the Canadian border that is managed by his playboy buddy Pete Morgan and cashier Susie Smith. After a trip to Chicago, Robbins brings back Lily Stevens, chanteuse with whom he is obviously smitten. When Robbins goes on a hunting trip with some pals and plans to ask Lily to marry him upon his return... Pete and Lily share some intimate time together and fall in love. The news sends Robbins into a psychopathic tailspin, beginning a game of endless brutality, making the lovers suffer for their betrayal." --Container
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