All women take to men who have the appearance of wickedness
Director: Albert Lewin
Producer: David L. Loew
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
112 min
Rating: 6.4/10
Released
Top Cast
George Sanders
Georges Duroy
Angela Lansbury
Clotilde de Marelle
Ann Dvorak
Madeleine Forestier
John Carradine
Charles Forestier
Susan Douglas
Suzanne Walter
Hugo Haas
Monsieur Walter
Movie Info
Director: Albert Lewin
Producer: David L. Loew
Production Companies: United Artists, David L. Loew Productions
Countries: United States of America
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CinemaSerf:
George Sanders was always great as the cad, and rarely better than here. He is the seriously ambitious "Duroy" who decides that he can use woman as stepping stones to social acceptability. He's broke and jobless, but luckily encounters his war-time buddy "Forestiere" (John Carradine) who gets him job at a newspaper. Networking opportunities beckon. Initially, it's bar-fly "Rachel" (Rachel Wilson) who keeps him entertained, then he alights on the slightly more sophisticated "Clotilde" (Angela Lansbury) whom he has a genuine soft spot for, but she isn't going to get him anywhere near far enough up the greasy pole. For that he needs "Madeleine" (Ann Dvorak) and she not only opens an whole new social world, one that gets his mind set on a bit of malevolent manipulation and you just know that sooner or later his chickens are going to come home to roost. His unstinting ability too think only of himself is really quite entertainingly nauseous and somehow Sanders manages to encapsulate that selfishness and venality really quite smug and chillingly. There's the odd splash of colour in here, too, and with the ladies delivering strongly throughout - especially Lansbury but also Wilson too, this is a smartly written observation of dastardly deeds.