SUDDEN FEAR (1952)

Myra Hudson (Joan Crawford), wealthy widow and playwright, fires Lester Blaine (Jack Palance) during tryouts for her new play. But Blaine has designs on her money. He romances her, she marries him--and he teams up with his mistress, Irene Neves (Gloria Grahame) to kill Myra for her money, Myra finds out in an interesting way, and then plots to kill Lester and Irene--all this occurring in a polite, high-society milieu. The movie is a bit slow at first, but director David Miller picks up the pace until the twisty plot has you firmly in its grip. The cast is good, especially Grahame--a real vixen. Palance, a consistently under-rated actor, fits right in. Definitely a first-rate suspenser.