Susan Peters (1921-1952) was an Oscar nominee at 21. She had a very healthy career going before being paralyzed in a hunting accident on New Years Day 1945. She did stage work, made this one last film, and even had an early TV series before committing suicide at age 31. Sad story, looking online there were all these pictures of her full of life and showing off her legs.
So I was really rooting for this one but it's not good. Low energy melodrama that feels more like a stage play then a movie. Peters plays a woman paralyzed saving the lives of her stepchildren, only to become a paranoid and manipulative bitch. Bosley Crowther really laid into this one in The New York Times, I'd have to agree with him. A faux gothic novel of a story, I've seen similar types of tales done much better. *1/2
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