English titles: The Scheming Women; The Plotters
The two owners of a theater are walking on a footbridge inside the premises of their theater when one of them falls to his death on the floor below. A man working for their company as a kind of production manager sends an anonymous letter to the police accusing the surviving owner of murdering his associate. It turns out the accuser covets the wife of the man he accuses. She advises her husband to get himself committed to a psychiatric institution while she tries to find proof of his innocence. But she soon strays from that purpose...
There is really not much in the way of a mystery here, things follow a more or less predictable course. The behavior of the female lead might be a little surprising to some, and might put others off a little, but movies are hardly to be expected to be psychology manuals. As a depiction of theater folks it is somewhat interesting, and as a criminal drama it is watchable but not top notch.
Rating: 45
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