Playwright Myra Hudson demands Lester Blaine be fired from the lead in her new play; travelling home by train to San Francisco she discovers Blaine is on it too. Despite their past, Myra is drawn to him and after a whirlwind romance they marry.
Lester discovers Myra will change her will in three days time to give him a small income after her death, so he plots with ex-lover Irene to kill Myra before then. But Myra accidentally left her Dictaphone on and it recorded them - and Myra hears it the next day...
With time running out, Myra concocts a plan to stop them... but will she succeed?
Crawford is magnificent with hissable support from Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. David Miller's direction builds the tension excellently.
Shelf or charity shop? Definitely shelf... apart from a plot contrivance which stretches credibility to breaking point, I always find SUDDEN FEAR delivers Film Noir tension excellently... who knew a tin wind-up dog toy could be so thrilling!!!
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