Brian Donlevy is Walter WilIiams, a wealthy industrialist whose vicious, two-timing wife, Irene and her Iover, Jim Torrance, plot Walter's death in an "accidental" car crash. PIans go awry and Torrance is kilIed instead. The police believe that it is WiIliams' charred body that is found in the wreck, and declare him dead. Assuming a new identity, WilIiams ends up in a small town in Idaho and begins Iife over again, faIIing in love with beautifuI Marsha Peters (EIIa Raines). Walter returns to San Francisco to confront Irene, but an unpleasant surprise awaits him - an indictment for murder. lmpact is a masterpiece of fiIm noir, fuIl of striking dialogue, diaboIicaI plot twists and exceIIent authoritative performances by Brian DonIevy, EIla Raines and Charles Coburn as the investigating detective. |