Susan


Anyone but me think initially - that Susan was playing Webb, manipulating him to kill her husband so she could inherit? Guess I'm just jaded but I was really kind of surprised to discover she really was an innocent party -- well, as far as his murder was concerned.

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Wow. Great angle - never even thought of that while watching tonight.
My thoughts were how incredibly stupid Susan was. To me, Heflin was
obviously bad news from the get-go. But he was also sexy!!

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Never thought Susan was trying to tempt Heflin. Just thought she was a very, sad and lonely woman looking for love in all the wrong places.

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Who ever said she wanted him to kill her husband. It is pretty obvious
if one watches the film that Heflin does this without her participation.

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Funny, I remember reading about this film in a book about the genre that said Susan manipulated the whole thing so she could get pregnant.

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Actually, I believed she was manipulating him until the very end. Then when the credits went up I was shocked to see she was really a good girl. lol! I suppose I love noir so much that I now look for plot twists where they simply don't exist.

Random Thoughts: http://goo.gl/eXk3O

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