Rayford Publishing

Preminger subverts the femme fatale archetype by replacing greed and financial gains with obsession as her driving force. Diane sinister acts are motivated by her pathological attachment to her father. Preminger renders the two main male characters morally compromised. Frank's attraction to her reflects the desire for social advancement, the same that made her father marry Cathy-her stepmother. The movie displays beneath Frank's rugged masculinity lies the moral weakness her