Actors: Bette Davis,Herbert Marshall,James Stephenson,Frieda Inescort,Gale Sondergaard,Bruce Lester,Elizabeth Inglis,Cecil Kellaway,Victor Sen Yung,Doris Lloyd,Willie Fung,Tetsu Komai Genre: Year: 1940 Imdb:click here
"At the start woman shoots man - but was it murder or justified homicide? All of the cast are superb in their roles, Bette never looked sexier, Herbert Marshall never so realistic, and Gale Sondergaard never so sinister - but James Stephenson! He only made a few more films before his premature death but his understated sweaty performance as the lawyer in this electrifies me every time I watch - without him it might have a very different story! Although on a serious level it is (to me) typical Somerset Maugham fare, I haven't read any better from him as yet"
