The Woman In White (1948)

THE WOMAN IN WHITE  (1948)  ¢ ¢ ¢ 1/2
    D: Peter Godfrey
    Eleanor Parker, Alexis Smith, Sydney Greenstreet,
    Gig Young, Agnes Moorehead, John Abbott
A movie based on the Wilkie Collins novel about a mysterious woman who seems to hold the key to a plot that involves blackmail, larceny, mistaken identity and murder. My colleague Ms. Applebaum has read the book and says the film departs from it in significant ways, but the movie holds up fine on its own. Sydney Greenstreet as the treacherous Count Fosco is one of the most sinister villains ever, but his wife is played by Agnes Moorehead, which at least makes it a fair fight.