This melodrama has a lot going for it. The actors are all very good, delivering heartfelt performances that speak to the audience. The only problem is the central premise itself, i.e. that the reason the Robinson character killed his wife was because he was living off her. Now let's recap: first his buddy falls to his death off the high-rise they were working on and somehow he blames himself for it. He feels so bad he can't work so his wife goes to work as a taxi dancer to pay the bills. He can't stand being kept by a woman so he kills her. Doesn't that seem utterly ridiculous? Well, to me it does but then I imagine there's some Neanderthals out there who might live by those rules. My point is this: given how ludicrous this premise is was director LeRoy making a statement? Was he using the film to heap some well deserved scorn on men like that? Be that as it may, I found it the performances well worth the price of admission.