....says an agitated Allan Colby to sinister psychiatrist Dr. Prade. It is a very flimsy story for it's length (almost 2 hours!!) with a lot more questions being left unanswered than answered!! Why was Diane Cilento given an accent, why couldn't they have left her as a sultry British girl (maybe there wasn't such a thing as a sultry English girl in 1960 - but what about Joan Greenwood or Shirley Ann Field!!). And while Cilento was attractive, she wasn't really the type who would send a strait laced doctor into a spin - maybe it was her nude swim!!!
The film starts at the scene of a horrific accident involving ace racing car driver Allan Colby, his new bride Denise and, as we learn later, a truck driver who dies at the scene. Next scene shows that after a year in and out of hospital Colby and Denise are on the continent on a belated honeymoon but something is not right. Colby is often agitated, finding offense at the smallest thing - even punching Dr. Prade who has invited them for dinner at his water front villa. Of course Colby is contrite the next morning but not before he has tried to strangle Denise for the second time. Denise has stayed behind to talk to the doctor while Colby has sped off in his car that the day before he could not drive over 30 mph!! Prade notices the bruising around her throat and more than ever wants to put his plan into action - watching her take a nude swim complete with binoculars doesn't strike one as the actions of a trust worthy doctor.
I was actually expecting the denouement to be that he wasn't a doctor after all but the rest of the movie focused on his artful plan of trying to prove to Denise that Conrad is highly dangerous and needs to be locked up and to convince Conrad that he has actually gone through with his grisly plan to kill his wife and dispose of the body.
Again Cilento's dodgy accent didn't help, first Italian then French, finally she suggest that they both go home to England!! Added to the fact that Colby's behaviour is so erratic and dangerous but no police are called!! The film does boast a couple of stellar French names - Claude Dauphine from the theatre and the legendary Francoise Rosay as the dignified Madame Prade.
The film starts at the scene of a horrific accident involving ace racing car driver Allan Colby, his new bride Denise and, as we learn later, a truck driver who dies at the scene. Next scene shows that after a year in and out of hospital Colby and Denise are on the continent on a belated honeymoon but something is not right. Colby is often agitated, finding offense at the smallest thing - even punching Dr. Prade who has invited them for dinner at his water front villa. Of course Colby is contrite the next morning but not before he has tried to strangle Denise for the second time. Denise has stayed behind to talk to the doctor while Colby has sped off in his car that the day before he could not drive over 30 mph!! Prade notices the bruising around her throat and more than ever wants to put his plan into action - watching her take a nude swim complete with binoculars doesn't strike one as the actions of a trust worthy doctor.
I was actually expecting the denouement to be that he wasn't a doctor after all but the rest of the movie focused on his artful plan of trying to prove to Denise that Conrad is highly dangerous and needs to be locked up and to convince Conrad that he has actually gone through with his grisly plan to kill his wife and dispose of the body.
Again Cilento's dodgy accent didn't help, first Italian then French, finally she suggest that they both go home to England!! Added to the fact that Colby's behaviour is so erratic and dangerous but no police are called!! The film does boast a couple of stellar French names - Claude Dauphine from the theatre and the legendary Francoise Rosay as the dignified Madame Prade.