Virtual Virago Posted by Jennifer Garlen on February 9, 2023

Warning: This review contains spoilers for The Suspect (1944). Director Robert Siodmak weaves Victorian sensibility with noir energy in the justifiable homicide story of The Suspect (1944), which sees a mild-mannered Charles Laughton driven to murder by his extremely disagreeable wife. It's an unusu   read more

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on November 28, 2018

It is very much a male-oriented film in subject matter and frame of reference with Charles Laughton commanding center stage. He is the very figure that we are meant to empathize with as an audience. But it’s precisely those qualities, along with the presence of director Robert Siodmak, that m   read more

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on November 23, 2014

The Suspect Directed by Robert Siodmak Written by Bertram Millhauser; adaptation by Arthur T. Horman from a novel by James Roland 1944/USA Universal Pictures First viewing/YouTube Philip Marshall:  It’s much better that you shouldn’t, Cora. It might frighten you. Director Robert Siodm   read more