Why would any man care about jewels when he could be happily married to Ingrid Bergman instead? Just too farfetched for me. :-)
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Because she would have an affair with Rick, and then fly off with Victor Lazlo. That does not suggest a permanent relationship. Jewels last forever.
"When you throw dirt, you lose ground" --old proverbshare
He should have murdered his wife first. "Diamonds are a man's best friends" - at least in this movie.
shareBergman was one of the greatest actresses ever. Personally, I would put her performance in this in the top half dozen by actresses ever alongside the likes of Vivien Leigh in A Streetcar Named Desire and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard.
shareyeah hehe
share Why would any man care about jewels when he could be happily married to Ingrid Bergman instead? Just too farfetched for me.
Point well taken, but there is in fact one really serious plot hole, namely the letter: how is it that the police didn't find it, and why didn't Gregory destroy it once it had been discovered?
--Balok
The police had no reason to turn open any books because they weren't aware of the letter and didn't know where to search or what to look for since the motive for the murder was unclear. Besides, the letter wouldn't have incriminated Gregory because no one recognized him by the name with which he signed the letter to Paula's aunt. Paula just happened to stumble upon it because only she would care to open a songbook that she knew was special to her aunt. Gregory held onto the note--as he did the other items--as a keepsake, if not just for the possibility that it may have become useful in his plans for Paula.
shareNot a plot hole, but its interesting that neither of the servants noticed the gas light dim (and they even denied it), but Joseph Cotton noticed it right away. Why would they deny it? I know they weren't in on it, but it's really obvious when your only light dims while you're trying to do something and it makes it hard to see. Just one (another) of the small flaws in an otherwise great movie, and understandable why it played out this way.
shareThey would probably assume that the wife had turned on lights in another room (as this happened when another set of lights switched on).
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Yeah he was nuts. Wasting his time in the attic when the real "jewel" was in her pants all along. ;-D
shareBecause he despised her. Pretty and even loveable as she is, you can't respect or care for someone you dupe. He must have had increasingly low respect for her as she fell for his schemes. No amount of attractiveness would counter that.
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