Conflict

Conflict (1945) is a black-and-white suspense film made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Dwight Taylor, based on the story The Pentacle by Alfred Neumann and Robert Siodmak. It starred Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith and Sydney Greenstreet. Richard (Humphrey Bogart) and Kathryn Mason (Rose Hobart) appear to be a hap... more

Conflict (1945) is a black-and-white suspense film made by Warner Brothers. It was directed by Curtis Bernhardt, produced by William Jacobs with Jack L. Warner as executive producer from a screenplay by Arthur T. Horman and Dwight Taylor, based on the story The Pentacle by Alfred Neumann and Robert Siodmak. It starred Humphrey Bogart, Alexis Smith and Sydney Greenstreet. Richard (Humphrey Bogart) and Kathryn Mason (Rose Hobart) appear to be a happily married couple. But in truth, Kathryn is heartless, and Richard secretly loves his wife's younger sister, Evelyn Turner (Alexis Smith). When his wife confronts him about it and says divorce is out of the question, Richard takes desperate action. Richard, a wealthy architect pretending to be wheelchair bound, coldly plans to murder his wife on a car trip to a mountain resort, where he is to receive therapy. At the last minute, Richard stays home to finish a work project and has Evelyn go on alone. He surprisingly appears out of the shadows... less