Joseph Schildkraut works sullenly for Roman Bohnen, who torments him. Driven past the edge, Schildkraut murders the old man and hides the corpse beneath the floorboards. He thinks he's gotten away with it, but the beating Bohnen's heart drives him mad.
It's Jules Dassin's first movie as director. He had come from the New York stage, and he went to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer because they wanted him for the studio baseball team. After working uncredited for Alfred Hitchcock and Garson Kanin, he was given this two-reel subject, and produced a highly atmospheric short.
Dassin would go to 20th Century-Fox, and later be caught in the Blacklist; finding work in Europe, he developed a reputation with movies like RIFIFI and NEVER ON SUNDAY. He died in 2008 at the age of 96.
It's Jules Dassin's first movie as director. He had come from the New York stage, and he went to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer because they wanted him for the studio baseball team. After working uncredited for Alfred Hitchcock and Garson Kanin, he was given this two-reel subject, and produced a highly atmospheric short.
Dassin would go to 20th Century-Fox, and later be caught in the Blacklist; finding work in Europe, he developed a reputation with movies like RIFIFI and NEVER ON SUNDAY. He died in 2008 at the age of 96.