The Full Treatment (aka Stop Me Before I Kill) (1960)

On his wedding day, a racing car driver (Ronald Lewis) and his Italian wife (Diane Cilento) are in a fatal car crash which kills the other driver. After recuperating for many months at a hospital, he and his wife go to the South of France for a holiday. But he is plagued with unreasonable bouts of suspicion and violence as well as a homicidal urge to kill his wife. The Hammer thriller is far fetched and convoluted to the point of silliness. Nothing makes sense and even the so called "sane" characters behave illogically. Based on the novel by Ronald Scott Thom, one hopes the book read better than it plays out here. After a tedious first hour, the film is overlong for such a slight conceit, it goes into high gear but so predictable that it feels a cheat. The handsome black and white cinematography is by Gilbert Taylor (A HARD DAY'S NIGHT) who really knows how to format for the (MegaScope) wide screen. Directed by Val Guest (THE DAY THE EARTH CAUGHT FIRE), who's done better. With Claude Dauphin and Francoise Rosay, who's terribly wasted.