The Woman in Question


The Woman in Question released in the United States as Five Angles on Murder is a 1950 British mystery film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde and John McCallum. After a woman is murdered, the complex and very different ways in which she is seen by several people are examined. It was loosely adapted into the 1954 Indian film Andha Naal.

According to Mrs. Finch, once before Agnes husband Charles died, Catherine made an unpleasant entry. Agnes and Catherine had an argument about Agnes husband having an affair with Catherine. Catherine then left after hurting Agnes feelings. On another occasion, Bob Baker, Catherines boyfriend once tried to make advances to Agnes and got censured for it. A few days later, Baker and Catherine barged into their apartment and forced their way to see Agnes. Finch ran to get the help of Mr. Pollard, a timid pet store owner opposite the building, who comes in but withdraws in fear. Catherine and Bakerthreaten to kill everyone and leave. This leads Lodge to question Catherine.Catherine tells that the day she visited her sister, Mrs. Finch gave a bad welcome to her. According Catherines rendition, Agnes is a drunk, notverypleasant looking woman, who is also rude in her manners. Catherine told Agnes, in a nice way, that she went to visit Charles however, Agnes accuses her and Charles of having an affair. They then end up in an argument and Catherine leaves in contempt. She admits to dating Bob Baker and gets engaged with him. After Charles death, Catherine and Baker visit Agnes but are intercepted by Mrs. Finch at the door. The two politely insisted their way in. Baker arrives at Catherines and Lodge and inspector start questioning him after sending Catherine off. He admits to meeting Agnes at her workplace she is a fortune teller named Astra. He, being a marketer by profession, gave her an ad script to go through. He tells Lodge that he went to her place another day, to ask about it but Agnes hardly showed any concern to it and meets Catherine there. He visited her two days later, where Agnes attempts to seduce him. When he refuses, Agnes gets mad and shouts at him to get out. The day when Catherine and he went to visit Agnes because she was interfering with Bobs divorce with his former wife, she treats them in most bad way and asks them to get out. ........

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