Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house, when she's not philandering with her secretary's fiancée. At an extremely awkward moment, she has an unwelcome visitor George Bates, who claims to be the partner in crime of Janet's estranged husband. George insinuates himself into Janet's home and life despite her efforts to get rid of him; the tangled relationships develop into a macabre, murderous cat-and-mouse game.《毒妇与恶汉》是欧文·拉帕尔于1951 年在美国 导演，由贝蒂·戴维斯,加里·梅里尔,埃姆林·威廉姆斯等出演,剧中使用英语对白,是一部剧情片电影。