The ending called for Ingrid to confront Charles and vent her anger at his betrayal. But the way it was handled was a bit preposterous. Boyer flees upstairs and off camera he's apprehended and tied securely to a chair allowing Ingrid to have her one-on-one with him alone. Finding the rope is one thing but another is to tie him so well in about two minutes that he couldn't move. Since the cop was going to lead him away why tie him to a chair at all?
shareGood point. But honestly by that point we've been asked to swallow so much already (such as him searching the attic for so long without success until just that night) that it seems only a very minor additional morsel to swallow. Especially as it allows for such a satisfying confrontation where the tables are finally turned.
Perhaps if realism were really paramount in the filmmakers' minds they could have shown a rope in the attic among the many cluttered items that Boyer was rummaging through and then during the fight not have the cop join in. That way it would make more sense for Cotten to presumably have stunned Boyer with a blow and then tie him up with the rope until backup help arrived to safely conduct a very dangerous criminal away without further incident.
My main problem with the movie though, and i say this somewhat tongue in cheek, is that Ingrid/Paula was far too beautiful. For it's hard to imagine a man going through all that trouble to obtain jewels when he already has a beautiful wife and doesn't seem to be hurting for money either. But i suppose that's the intended irony of the movie: that it was always him who was insane, not her.
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The policeman was in the attic, so there was no reason to tie Boyer to a chair; just bind him and lead him downstairs which they did later. It was just an opportunity for the couple's last confrontation. I'm a fan of Ingrid, but she chewed the scenery in that scene for a bid for an Oscar. She acted almost as crazy as her husband.
The policeman was in the attic, so there was no reason to tie Boyer to a chair; just bind him and lead him downstairs which they did later.
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Well, Paula had a lot of anger towards Gregory, quite understandably! (Or, I should say, Sergis Bauer.) He had so cruelly betrayed her love and trust. And he was the murderer of her aunt, the woman who had brought her up after her mother's death.
Ingrid/Paula was far too beautiful. For it's hard to imagine a man going through all that trouble to obtain jewels when he already has a beautiful wife and doesn't seem to be hurting for money either
The way Bergman was acting she could had just let Boyer go but it did have to allow a lot of sense of disbelief.
It's that man again!!