Genres: Crime, Drama, Film Noir, Thriller

Keywords: tmdb.parent-child-relationship, tmdb.femme-fatale, mdblist.has-trailer, imdb.dead-body-on-a-beach, imdb.mother-disapproves-of-boyfriend, imdb.getting-away-with-murder, imdb.killing-in-self-defense + 144 more, imdb.hiding-a-dead-body, imdb.handwritten-letter, imdb.discovering-a-dead-body, imdb.crying-woman, imdb.woman-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.safe-deposit-box, imdb.reckless-moment, imdb.bus-terminal, imdb.father-in-law-daughter-in-law-relationship, imdb.balboa-island-california, imdb.demented-daugher, imdb.manipulative-mother, imdb.year-1948, imdb.sleezebag-hotel, imdb.lonely-road, imdb.teenage-son, imdb.reference-to-berlin-germany, imdb.matriarchal-family, imdb.balancing-the-budget, imdb.post-world-war-two, tmdb.film-noir, imdb.jewelry, imdb.teenage-daughter, imdb.brother-sister-relationship, imdb.male-male-relationship, imdb.skid-row, imdb.cigarette-smoking, imdb.southern-california, imdb.domineering-mother, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.bare-chested-boy, imdb.boy-wears-pajamas, imdb.car-crashes-into-a-tree, imdb.stabbed-with-a-broken-bottle, imdb.phone-booth, imdb.ophuls-and-mason, imdb.motor-boat, imdb.hobbyist-mechanic, imdb.begins-with-voice-over-narration, imdb.partner, imdb.crashing-into-a-tree, imdb.broken-railing, imdb.road-trip, imdb.boat-dock, imdb.hand-written-letter, tmdb.preserved-film, imdb.payphone, imdb.pawn-broker, imdb.confrontation, imdb.admonition-against-smoking, imdb.cover-story, imdb.woman-in-a-shower, imdb.fight, imdb.rewriting-a-letter, imdb.falling-to-death, imdb.cut-with-a-broken-bottle, imdb.applying-for-a-loan, imdb.pipe-smoking, imdb.blackmail, imdb.middle-class, imdb.17-year-old, imdb.boathouse, imdb.anchor, imdb.dead-body, imdb.corpse, imdb.family-relationships, imdb.accidental-death, imdb.false-confession, imdb.art-dealer, imdb.hit-on-the-head, imdb.redemption, imdb.criminal, imdb.confession, imdb.bar, imdb.taking-the-blame, imdb.irish-american, imdb.starts-with-narration, imdb.police-boat, imdb.coast, imdb.cigarette-holder, imdb.black-maid, imdb.strangulation, imdb.broken-bottle, imdb.fistfight, imdb.newspaper-headline, imdb.christmas-tree, imdb.christmas, imdb.small-town, imdb.post-office, imdb.art-student, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.bank, imdb.bribery, imdb.flashlight, imdb.sneaking-out, imdb.letter-writing, imdb.pawn-shop, imdb.loan-company, imdb.drugstore, imdb.fur-coat, imdb.shopping-list, imdb.ferry, imdb.accidental-killing, imdb.motorboat, imdb.father-daughter-relationship, imdb.grandfather, imdb.strangled-to-death, imdb.woman-in-jeopardy, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.telephone-call, imdb.maid, imdb.jealousy, imdb.los-angeles-california, imdb.jetty, imdb.love-letter, imdb.femme-fatale, imdb.disposing-of-a-dead-body, imdb.mother-daughter-relationship, imdb.car-accident, imdb.absent-husband, imdb.three-word-title, imdb.f-rated, imdb.partner-kills-his-partner, imdb.woman-slaps-a-man, imdb.woman-accidentally-kills-a-man, imdb.preserving-the-status-quo, imdb.husband-travels-on-business, imdb.immorality, imdb.loner, imdb.older-man-younger-woman-relationship, imdb.housewife, imdb.social-outcast, imdb.melodrama, imdb.morality, imdb.concealing-a-corpse, imdb.irony, imdb.infatuation, imdb.concealing-an-accidental-killing, imdb.loan-shark, imdb.husband-wife-relationship, imdb.self-sacrifice, imdb.small-time-crook, imdb.upper-middle-class, aspectratio.1-37-1

Production Companies: Walter Wanger Productions

Country: United States
Languages: English