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Synopsis: When Cheryl Draper looks out her apartment window in time to see Albert Richter murder a woman, she immediately reports it to the police. However, detectives are unable to find any evidence and believe she just dreamt it. Not content with the police, including the detective she is dating, not believing her, Richter seeks to discredit Cheryl further by convincing people she's mentally ill and belongs in an asylum. Who's in it? The movie stars Barbara Stanwyck , George Sanders , Gary Merrill , Jesse White and Harry Shannon. Review: I came across Witness to Murder last night and while it sounded a bit too much like Rear Window (which came out the same year), decided to add it to my library and wound up watching it this morning. It turned out to be a good choice. I think the thing that I liked best about this film was Richter (Sanders). Movies like this are only as good as the main antagonist and you couldn't get one more solid than him. Not only did he clean up ...

Synopsis: Successful author Janet Frobisher has been separated from her criminal husband for years and lives alone in an English estate while having an affair with her secretary's fiancé. When her husband returns unexpectedly, Janet poisons him and intends to dispose of his body in the lake. However, she has another surprise visitor, George Bates, her husband's accomplice in a recent bank robbery who, upon learning her husband is dead, begins pretending to be the late Mr. Frobisher against Janet's will. Who's in it? The movie stars Bette Davis , Gary Merrill , Emlyn Williams , Anthony Steel and Barbara Murray. Review: I added Another Man's Poison to my movie library several weeks ago but every time I planned to watch it; I ended up picking another film instead. I finally got around to seeing it this morning and it turned out to be a great choice. I think the thing I enjoyed best about this psychological film was how neither of the main characters was all that l...