The Two Mrs. Carrolls
6.4/10
Rating
99 min
Runtime
1947
Release Year
Peter Godfrey
Director
Cast
Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, Alexis Smith, Nigel Bruce, Isobel Elsom
Quick Synopsis
Geoffrey Carroll, an artist facing personal challenges, meets Sally during a countryside vacation, and they begin a romantic relationship. However, Geoffrey keeps a secret from her: he is already married. After returning home, where he struggles with mental health issues, Geoffrey paints a disturbing portrait of his wife depicted as the angel of death and soon poisons her. He then marries Sally, but over time, he feels a disturbing compulsion to paint her in the same dark manner, suggesting that he might repeat his previous actions.
Detailed Synopsis of The Two Mrs. Carrolls
Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance develops, but he doesn't tell her he's already married. Suffering from mental illness, Geoffrey returns home where he paints an impression of his wife as the angel of death and then promptly poisons her. He marries Sally but after a while he finds a strange urge to paint her as the angel of death too and history seems about to repeat itself.
