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