Originally shown as Marilyn, British director Wolf Village of the Damned Rilla's 1953 drama about an unfaithful wife and her mechanic lover leans heavily into James M. Cain territory by way of Visconti's 1943 Ossessione. It stars Sandra Dorne (later of 1964's creepy Devil Doll) as the title temptress and Maxwell Reed (Picture Mommy Dead) as hapless gearhead Tom, while Leslie Dwyer from Die, Monster, Die! is George Saunders, the persnickety patriarch destined for death. Also with Ferdy Mayne from The Fearless Vampire Killers as a slick seducer who competes for Marilyn's affections. Distributed in the U.S. by Astor Pictures, which handled everything from Michelangelo Antonioni's Il Grido to Cat Women of the Moon.
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