Ace in the Hole (1951), Gone Girl (2014), The Awful Truth (1937), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Force majeure (2014), Employees' Entrance (1933), Queen of Hearts (2019), Sons and Lovers (1960) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Manipulative Wife movies.
Storyline: It's been a year since Bill Cardew was declared dead by drowning, and his widow Vicky is now married to his old friend and business partner, Henry Lowndes. When Bill unexpectedly returns from the island where he was marooned, what is Vicky to do? Well, having twice been a rather neglected wife, Vicky finds all the attention from two husbands competing for her favors delightful, and is in no hurry to make a decision...much to the discomfiture of hapless Bill and Henry.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
Plot Keywords: jealousy, based on play, police, pigeon, nightclub, missing person, judge ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Amanda Dartland accompanies her half-Apache husband Jonathan to a mining community where he will supervise the excavation of an almost mythical Apache treasure. His jealous rages and macho attitude cause her much misery, while the excavation project is threatened by prejudice and fear. Amanda tries to bridge the cultural gap, and Jonathan must do the same, or he will lose her. Mesmerizing brief performance by Celia Lovsky as Princess Saba.—Molly Malloy <mailcall@intersource.com>
Plot Keywords: arizona territory, arizona, mining town, nagging wife, female sexual predator, female jealousy, pregnant wife ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: After another failed attempt to commit suicide, hapless writer William addresses the services of hired assassin Leslie, the inexorable angel of death from the Killers Guild, an organization that is ready to help anyone who needs a quick and painless death. Leslie has a good heart, but an unsteady hand. The authorities want to retire him, and the contract that has turned up is the only chance to postpone the inevitable. However, the case intervenes in the fortuity. The fate suddenly smiled to William: he falls in love.—Peter-Patrick76 (peter-patrick@mail.com)
Plot Keywords: attempted suicide, hitman, traumatized man, trauma, younger version of character, ice cream, orphan ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The scrap of the Shakespeare manuscript is priceless. Nick Torrent owns it and is selling it. But then he is murdered and the manuscript is stolen. Joel Sloane is a rare book dealer and part time detective. Since he was trying to buy the manuscript for Mr. Oates, he is a suspect so he tries to solve the case. As the bodies pile up, Joel must solve the case or else Garda will be wearing black.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: reference to william shakespeare, detective, henchman, song, femme fatale, 1930s, cigarette smoking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Richard Field is a successful businessman who has become romantically involved with younger employee Diane Lovering, but he is unable to persuade his grasping wife to grant him a divorce out of his dysfunctional marriage. Diane meets dashing rancher Mike Bradley through his wise-cracking pal Johnnie on a South American ocean voyage, and they begin a shipboard romance that carries over to his Argentinian ranch. Diane decides to return to New York and tell Richard in person that she intends to marry Mike Bradley. When Diane gets there Richard surprises her with a wedding ring and the morning newspaper citing Mrs. Field is in Reno obtaining a divorce. Richard had to agree not only to a large monetary settlement but was forbidden to see his sons. Diane didn't have the heart to tell Richard about Mike and decides to marry him. Diane writes a "Dear John letter" to Mike explaining a calculated mercenary decision that she prefers the position and financial status that Field's can offer her over the love that Mike can. However, is she meant to be Mrs. Field or Mrs. Bradley?—duke1029@aol.com
Plot Keywords: cruise, telegram, bar, horseback riding, pipe smoking, newspaper headline, concert ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A ruthless coach (Pat O'Brien) creates turmoil at a college by hiring players (Lyle Talbot) and alienating students (Dick Powell). Along the way, the coach loses his wife (Ann Dvorak) to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.—Ed Lorusso
Plot Keywords: adulterous wife, roommate, reporter, professor, peanut, neglected wife, marriage ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Daughter of a wealthy family decides to marry a poor working man.
Plot Keywords: husband wife relationship, honeymoon, fur coat, monte carlo, time jump, vice president, husband wife reunion ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Rich American socialite Lady Edwina Esketh, who obtained her title by marrying English Lord Albert Esketh, travels to Ranchipur where Albert hopes to buy a prize stallion from the Maharani. Theirs is not a happy marriage and after she meets a prominent local doctor, Rama Safti, falls madly in love with him. He too is in love with her much to the Maharani's disapproval as she has great plans for the good doctor. Also living in Ranchipur is Tom Ransome an old friend of Edwina's who perhaps knows too much about her past. When a natural disaster destroys much of Ranchipur, disease follows forcing Safti to choose between treating the sick or being with Edwina, who is also deathly ill.—garykmcd
Plot Keywords: doctor, india, adultery, flood, epidemic, based on novel, fire ...
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