Newspaper columnist Kathy Ferguson (Barbara Stanwyck) surprised all when she chucked her career to marry plainclothes cop Bill Doyle (Sterling Hayden). Soon bored with housework and Bill’s lack of ambition, she turns to covert schemes of seduction and blackmail for his advancement...and when a superior reneges on a promise to promote her spouse, Kathy plans a fatal response. Late-cycle noir co-stars Fay Wray, Raymond Burr, Virginia Grey. 86 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.