A female thriller author has murdered her estranged husband, for a variety of reasons. While she's pondering the best way in which to get rid of the corpse, an unexpected visitor drops by. The stranger insists on speaking to the deceased...
"Another man's poison" is a thriller about an extremely dangerous woman who meets an extremely dangerous man. Like two predators inhabiting the same territory they can choose to go for the occasional truce or even the occasional collaboration, but they're basically vying for supremacy - and since Nature is red in tooth and claw... It's an engaging thriller with a number of clever twists. The ending is particularly well plotted.
It's a bit of a pity that the movie should betray its theatrical roots : there is a lot, a great lot, of doors opening and of people entering left and exiting right. (Sadly there was no "exit, pursued by a bear". A missed opportunity !) However, there's a great deal to enjoy, such as witty jokes about life in a rural village. For instance, the male anti-hero is repeatedly invited to hold a lecture about his time in the exotic East - not an easy assignment, given that he never spent time in the exotic East. One rather guesses that the next task would consist of a series of cooking lessons on how to prepare Malay cauliflower curries. And of course the viewer gets to enjoy a splendidly venomous Bette Davis, one of the few actresses capable of looking threatening rather than silly in jodhpurs and whip. Her knowing, experienced, tired face is almost a performance in itself.
"Another man's poison" is a thriller about an extremely dangerous woman who meets an extremely dangerous man. Like two predators inhabiting the same territory they can choose to go for the occasional truce or even the occasional collaboration, but they're basically vying for supremacy - and since Nature is red in tooth and claw... It's an engaging thriller with a number of clever twists. The ending is particularly well plotted.
It's a bit of a pity that the movie should betray its theatrical roots : there is a lot, a great lot, of doors opening and of people entering left and exiting right. (Sadly there was no "exit, pursued by a bear". A missed opportunity !) However, there's a great deal to enjoy, such as witty jokes about life in a rural village. For instance, the male anti-hero is repeatedly invited to hold a lecture about his time in the exotic East - not an easy assignment, given that he never spent time in the exotic East. One rather guesses that the next task would consist of a series of cooking lessons on how to prepare Malay cauliflower curries. And of course the viewer gets to enjoy a splendidly venomous Bette Davis, one of the few actresses capable of looking threatening rather than silly in jodhpurs and whip. Her knowing, experienced, tired face is almost a performance in itself.