Crime Of Passion

Stanwyck is at it again as a ruthlessly ambitious femme fatale and plays this one with all the gusto of an attacking Valkyrie. She begins as a tough sob sister columnist for a San Francisco newspaper, managing a terrific scoop by talking a murderess into surrendering to police. Working with her is police lieutenant Hayden, whom she visits in Los Angeles before going on to a better media spot in New York City. She becomes involved with Hayden and marries him, but bungalow life as a cop's wife proves mundane, and she finds his friends boring. To liven things up, Stanwyck avidly pushes hubby Hayden toward promotion; there's no reason why he shouldn't eventually...