The love affair of an ex-convict with a showgirl, unleashes the jealousy of his older, wealthy and unbalanced wife. A murder plot, staged phoney suicide and other twists and turns follow.
Acting
Ledesma's unhinged wealthy wife steals every scene
Cinematography
Buenos Aires locations disguised as generic noir city
Director
Pierre Chenal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chenal shot this twice — first in 1938 France as 'La Maison du Maltais,' then remade it nearly scene-for-scene in Argentina with local actors.
This belongs to Argentina's 'noir peronista' cycle, when the industry cranked out genre films to fill theaters before Perón's 1955 fall.
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