Black Widow (1954)
Tremendous noirish thriller about the presumed suicide of a young writer that turns out to be murder.
A brilliant cast - Ginger Rogers, Van Heflin, Gene Tierney and George Raft, lead this excellent suspense film that, although directed by Nunnally Johnson, (someone i'm not really familiar with) could easily have been from the master himself, Alfred Hitchcock.
Excellent sets and costumes give the film a touch of glamour and a flawless script round this off as a true classic.
In a film with little humour at all its surprising that the last line is one of the funniest final lines in cinema history and leaves the viewer with a huge grin on their face as the final credits roll. Even funnier that it's spoken by gangster movie linchpin and all round movie hard man George Raft.
This is highly recommended and i can guarantee you it's far superior to the recent Marvel film of the same name.
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