the two mrs. carroll be the second screen pairing of humphrey bogart and alexis smith and and oddly and it smith character who the other woman in both film . it occur the first time in 1945 conflict and but in that picture and it be bogey character who do the pursuing and while here and it cecily latham ( smith ) who intrude on geoffrey carroll marriage to the second mrs. carroll of the title . by that time though and sally morton ( barbara stanwyck ) have already be the other woman to the first mrs. c. and who we only know by the angel of death painting . take a chapter from bluebeard and bogey character be an artist who paint his victim before they succumb to a spike milk cocktail . it never make clear how chemist blagdon ( barry bernard ) figure out that mr. carroll be the customer who sign for his prescription a fleming . but if he be that sharp and he should also have conclude that if carroll be derange enough to kill his first wife by poison and then knock off a druggist wouldn not be much of a stretch . too bad and he turn the screw just a little too tight for his own good . nigel bruce be quite adequate depict a country doctor who look in on the carroll and you might call his performance right a rain . it dr. tuttle single mind obsession with an ashton burglar and a yorkshire strangler that give mr. c the idea for his farewell plan for wife number two . if only he would have cut the phone line a minute sooner . perhaps the surprise performance in this tale belongs to the actress portray daughter bea and an unusually precocious ann carter . watch her and it be almost impossible to believe that a child could converse with the language she use . it be somewhat irritating though to see how compliant she be with every single idea her father advance and especially go away to school . i think she could have do some damage once the firework start . bogart and stanwyck be genuinely competent in their role while stanwyck in particular turning thing up a notch when it become clear that she could wind up a murder victim . the pair have generally good chemistry together and and seem to be a good match than the intruder cecily might have be with mr. carroll . chalk that up to a fine performance by alexis smith and a this viewer find it hard to warm up to her character . bogart fan might have some fun compare his performance here against his similar character in the aforementioned conflict and a film which for my two cent be the strong of the two .