Make Haste To Live (1954)

Almost 19 years after she fled from her mobster murderer husband (Stephen McNally), a woman (Dorothy McGuire) fears for her life when he is paroled. To make matters worse, her teenage daughter (Mary Murphy) knows nothing of her mother's past or that her father is still alive. Based on the novel by Gordon and Mildred Gordon (EXPERIMENT IN TERROR) and directed by William A. Seiter (ONE TOUCH OF VENUS). A solid if minor thriller that accomplishes what it set out to do. The film is fortunate to have Dorothy McGuire as its protagonist. She's very good and gives a performance better than the movie deserves. The movie is essentially a cat and mouse game between a woman whose past catches up with her and the husband who wants to take his revenge out on her. The shifting of control between the two of them keeps the tension quotient high. There's an effective score by a young Elmer Bernstein. With Carolyn Jones, Edgar Buchanan, John Howard and Ron Hagerthy.