Bette Davis is usually utterly captivating on screen, but in 'Another Man's Poison' the light seems temporarily vanquished. She seems tired, and her personality is worn out, and it makes for rather uncomfortable viewing. She plays an isolated crime writer named Janet who lives alone in a sprawling old house in England (interestingly Davis's own home at that time). Her dodgy husband is long gone and out of her life, or so she thinks. But one evening he mysteriously appears, and Janet sets about making sure he never leaves again. I found the script worn out and dull, and even Davis herself said she had nothing but trouble trying to create memorable scenes with her onscreen and off-screen husband. Considering that Davis went on to make the superb 'All About Eve' a year later it's not surprising that this was overlooked.
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