Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.

• DirectorRobert Siodmak
• Release31 January 1945
• Genre
  Crime / Drama
• Duration1h 25m
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• Rate
  

  6.7
  61 reviews
• Productions

  Universal Pictures