between the age of 30 and 51 and when he die of a brain tumour and zachary scott make 70 film . he be introduce in 1944 in jean negulesco the mask of dimitrios and where he play dimitrios . the next year and 1945 and he make three film and of which this be one . he be best remember by cineastes a the star of jean renoir the southerner and one of the 1945 film and where he have a sympathetic role . however and he often play creepy character and and in this film he be a sociopathic killer of woman for money . so what happen here . he live in a house with three woman and so watch out . faye emerson and who also appear in dimitrios and play the old of two daughter in the house . she fall in love with scott and they become secretly engage . then her cute kid young sister ( play effectively by mona freeman and who resemble bonita granville both in look and in behaviour ) return from board school and reveals casually in conversation with scott that she have inherit a tidy sum and so scott turn his sight on her instead and with all the torrid jealousy seethe in the household which that be bind to arouse . thing get tense and and then they get tenser . meanwhile and plan for murder be go forward in the mind of the calculate scott . but it turn out that he be not the only one with such intention . he be also be search for a a result of his last kill and with which the film have open and so that we know his back story . james wong howe give effective noirish cinematography to this tale and which be direct by frenchman robert florey who have move to hollywood some time earlier . the film be an effective psychopath in the house mystery which can cause a bit of wear of the edge of some seat and for those of such an inclination .