An intriguing, tautly directed thriller in which Duke plays an expectant mother who journeys to Minnesota to visit the family of her recently deceased Army husband. What she discovers awaiting her arrival, after a treacherous journey through a snowstorm, is hardly like anything her husband
had described. Her mother-in-law, Murphy, is cold and distant, refusing to acknowledge that her son made any mention of his being married. She also meets a mentally retarded younger sister, Allen, whom the husband never mentioned. Forced to stay the night because of the snowstorm, Duke, aided by
Allen, uncovers more mysteries about the family. Her mother-in-law is in fact her hus...
Released:
1972
Rated:
PG
Length:
92 mins