crime gone awry   adultery   based on novel   scam   marriage   criminal   supermarket   insurance agent   los angeles california   elevator   male female relationship   flashback   father daughter relationship   parking garage   infidelity   1930s   beautiful woman   blonde   crutches   dead woman   dating   woman shot   mislaid trust   mortal wound   female killer   unhappy marriage   love story   telephone box   murder of husband   female corrupts male   insurance fraud   hard boiled dame   insurance   insurance salesman   stepmother   insurance investigator   jumping from a train   villainess played by lead actress   cult favorite   betrayal   train   death   railway station   murder   loss of father   cynicism   husband wife relationship   unfaithfulness   femme fatale   told in flashback