perhaps one of joan last great drama that have the production value and a good script and fabulous costume while joan dig her teeth into harriet make her a very scheming and perhaps mentally disturbed woman . turn in a great performance a the brittle martha stewart of the 1950 and joan make harriet craig a stand out movie just a she do with mildred peirce and show what she can do with good material . wendell corey and at first seemingly miscast and do embody the role of the happy go lucky nice guy that the part call for . not realize how calculating harriet can be and she thwart her cousin love life and alienates walter from his friend from his bachelor day and until finally interfere be her husband business affair that would take him to japan and walter finally see her for the fist time . as delicate a her china service and harriet need everything to be perfect and in her eye and change be a very bad thing . she can not be leave alone and will not be ignore . she as antiseptic a her polished kitchen floor and and just a cold one .