film noir to me be dark and with evil deed and especially unhappy ending . this be before i begin think about it and determine that noir be more a type of film make rather than film content . a film like double indemnity be noir even tho we do have some happy in the end ( the daughter and boyfriend reconcile ) . sunset boulevard have norma so bonkers she think thing be happy and so they be . so and this noir be a happy noir . gene tierny be hypnotize by jose ferrer and he make her do thing to help him murder a former sucker who turn on him . jose be so good at hypnosis he even google eye himself after gall bladder surgery so he can get about knock off people and listen to record . gene husband be a shrink himself and but legitimate and somehow he connive that jose be not on the level . he believe her and then he doesn not and she nut and she not and oh dear and what to do and what to do . cut to murder scene and jose hiding in the wing with a guy he finally jose try to get gene to cover for him while hubby and a cop be search a closet . failure and good will out and happiness and joy and cut . this movie be so contrived and i want to hypnotize myself in to shut it off but stay to course to see how lousy a top notch cast or production could screw up . pretty bad .