Acting
Lunghi's simmering intensity outshines the feature remake.
Direction
Dearden's tight framing turns apartments into traps.
Writing
Lean, mean, and morally messier than Hollywood allowed.
Director
James Dearden
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paramount executives saw this on British TV and immediately bought remake rights, though they insisted on making the 'other woman' more monstrous and less sympathetic.
Dearden later admitted he preferred his original ending where Erica simply disappears—her fate unknown, Guy's guilt permanent—rather than the feature's violent catharsis.
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