Portrait in Black

Portrait in Black

1960 · 112 min · EN · NR · 5.7 (26 votes)
Dir. Michael Gordon · Starring Lana Turner, Anthony Quinn, Richard Basehart, Sandra Dee, John Saxon, Ray Walston · Music Frank Skinner

“They touched...and an evil spark was struck!”

DramaThriller

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

VIBE

This is a stylishly dark and morally ambiguous thriller, steeped in classic Hollywood melodrama. It feels tense and illicit, exploring the dangerous dance of desire and consequence with a cynical edge. Expect a suspenseful journey into human weakness and the unraveling of dark secrets.

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based on play or musicaldisposing of a dead bodyneo-noirmurder plotabusive husbandadulterous wifeplot twist