how is it that the police officer shows up after the killing, and without viewing the body, takes the two into custody?
sharetypical of studio movies, crime, murder, evil, call it what you will cannot triumph. so the cops show up and take away the 'murderers.' it is that simple they have to be punished for what they did...the same way bette davis had to 'pay' for the murder she commits at the beginning of the film.
shareDoes he take them into custody, or does he 'just move them along.' I don't think it's that apparent.
shareI thought the officer was just ordering them to move on.
shareJust finished reading the play, which is superior in every way, and she does not die at the end-which makes her punishment all the more harsh. That said, in the original only the lawyer goes to visit the Chinese wife. Davis being there was interesting, but a bit far fetched.
shareI thought the final scene was poorly scripted leaving the audience or at the least me, wondering how Leslie was killed--too many shadows which worked well for the bulk of the movie but only muddled the scenes at the end. It also made no sense unless Leslie knew her lover's wife (mistress)and cohorts were in the garden and decided she couldn't live without her lover, in a way committing suicide. But that wasn't Leslie, she would have never taken that route, being the cold calculating woman she was.
The DVD advertised an alternate ending which I hoped was filmed with the original ending (which I'm sure was filmed but naturally rejected by the censors) but alas, it was only an alternative to the same ending released for distribution.
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They weren't taken into custody. I suppose he just asked them to leave. Seemed like everyone was racists in that film so he probably didn't want them too close to the white folks.
Somebody here has been drinking and I'm sad to say it ain't me - Allan Francis Doyleshare
Saw it again last nite on TCM and Robert Osborne said it was an unfortunate censor's insert at the time.
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