The Great Flamarion ~ 1945 -BW

QUICKIE: If a woman can manipulate you into killing her husband, she's gonna try to kill you too.

PLOT: Flamarion, an expert marksman, is entertaining people in a show which features the beautiful Connie (Mary Beth Hughes), and her alcoholic husband Al. Their relationship sours and Connie manipulates Flamarion into believing she is in love with him and Al's drinking is out of control. Through lies and manipulation Connie gets Flamarion to accidentaly shoot her husband and then both of their lives change dramatically.

SUMMARY: PDMR rule: Some women are just plain bad! OK, common sense: if there's a stage show where a guy shoots guns at people for real, you just know it's a matter of time before there's "an accident". And there is. Connie Wallace manipulates "The Great Flamarion" into shooting her husband and then everything changes. When Connie insists they seperate for 3 months so as not to arouse suspicion, you can guess that Connie won't show up 3 months later as planned. She's bad!

The story is told in retrospect/flashback by the wounded and dying Flamarion, who has murdered Connie. During the confrontation she shot Flamarion and he escapes into the rafters only to fall after everyone but one guy has left. Fulfilling another PDMR rule: You always die in the same way you murder others.