The Second Woman

In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.

• architect
• bad luck
• film noir
• car accident
• told in flashback
• pacific coastline
• psychotic break
• amateur sleuth
• paranoiac
• cover-up attempt
• monterey
• actuary
• gaslighting
• psychological drama
• psychological trauma
• dating boss' daughter
• death of fiancée
• seaside cliff