The Man in the Net

The Man in the Net is a 1959 American film noir starring Alan Ladd and Carolyn Jones. The taut drama was directed by Michael Curtiz.

John quickly befriends the towns children, but hes treated like an outsider by many of the adults. Linda misses their social life in New York, as well as the salary John made there.She insists they attend a party at the home of Brad John Lupton and Vickie Carey Diane Brewster, where the guests include another married couple, Roz Betty Lou Holland and Gordon Moreland Tom Helmore, the wealthy father of Brad Carey. A scene is created by an intoxicated Linda, who insults John and lies that he gave her a black eye, confessing to Vickie after the party that she actually fell while drunk. In anger, she tells John shes been having an extramarital affair with a local policeman, Steve Ritter Charles McGraw. ........

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