This is a psychological thriller. It's based on a novel by Leo Rosten, who also helped write the screenplay for the film. A man wants to drive his wife, Alison, insane so he can have her money. He has a woman on the side, and she's getting impatient.
He has an accomplice who is posing as a doctor and pops up in the house from time to time. Everyone keeps telling her she's hallucinating, but she has one ally: Bruce. He meets her through Alison's friend and instantly takes a liking to her. He smells something fishy with the way her husband is treating her.
The collateral damage are Bruce's friends who just got married. They were headed to their honeymoon when Bruce gets the impulse to turn around and head back to the city. I mean, he gets there in time to save Alison, but then the poor newlywed is roped into helping solve the mystery. I hope Bruce sent them on a nice trip when everything was over!
This was a neat movie. I'm not sure if I'd seen it before (it was in my folder of movies to rewatch), but I feel like I would've remembered it. I also want to mention that one of my favorite old-time actors, Raymond Burr, shows up in this one. I was a bit bummed he didn't appear at the end. Other than that, I wasn't annoyed at Alison. She was standing her ground for the most part. Even when everyone was trying to tell her she was hallucinating, she would deny it. She even avoided drinking her chocolate one night. But her husband got pretty clever on that one. Overall, I liked both the main characters, and the plot was tense enough I was entertained the whole time. Good Movie!
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