Very little about this movie made any sense. Why would Cora, who was desperate enough to escape her poor upbringing to marry the much older Nick then throw it all away on Frank, a drifter who could offer her nothing. What was going on with the court scene, where both parties signed confessions and one of them plead guilty but then a bunch of obscure legal phrases are thrown around and suddenly both are free. Why would the public, who flocked to the diner to see the woman who killed her husband be offended that another man lived there? Why is this movie considered a classic? Lana Turner may have been technically beautiful, but she seemed cold and manipulating and unappealing. Garfield's character of Frank just seemed to be around because somebody had to be. Kellaway's acting was fine but he was terribly miscast as the husband of Cora. There were so many attempts to run away and murder and scheme that I quit caring, and it took me a long time to get through the movie.