Conflict (1945)

Stuck in an unhappy marriage, a man (Humphrey Bogart) is in love with his sister in law (Alexis Smith). So he decides the solution to his problem is to murder his wife (Rose Hobart). Directed by Curtis Bernhardt (A STOLEN LIFE). During the 1930s, Bogart played bad guys all the time but when he achieved mega stardom after HIGH SIERRA (1941) and THE MALTESE FALCON (1941), he was always the hero. CONFLICT afforded him an opportunity to return to play the bad guy again. It's very well done if a bit far fetched and it's pretty easy to figure out the solution to the mystery that haunts Bogart. Surprisingly, Bogart didn't want to do the movie and only did it under duress. It may not be prime Bogie but if you're a fan of his, you should be pleased and it was good to see Sydney Greenstreet (as a psychiatrist) play the good guy for a change. Far superior to Bogart's similarly themed THE TWO MRS. CARROLLS which arrived two years later. With Charles Drake and Ann Shoemaker, whose part seems to have been severely cut.