Sleep, My Love - 1948

Anyone who is married or who ever has been married knows that marriage is a series of ups and downs. For Richard Courtland - marriage is pure boredom. The faster he can get rid of his wife and live out the rest of his years with a younger version of a companion in a bombshell named Daphne- the better for him. Courtland is played by Don Ameche (people our age recognize him in his older years a good actor in Cocoon and Harry and the Hendersens). He is manipulative and will stop at nothing to take over his wife's money- which he will inherit after her death. He married into money and wants it for himself. Courtland schemes with his mistress and a couple of other people and comes up with a plan to torment his wife and eventually figure out a way to kill her without the police finding out. They poison her each night by adding hallucinations to her hot cholcolate. After she is in a deep sleep they make her think she is going crazy- without giving too much away basically they make her think she is going crazy but she really isn't. Robert Cummings plays the part of Bruce Elcott- a man trying to help the innocent Mrs. Courtland- who is played by Claudette Colbert, a famous actress of her day. The police detective is non other than Raymond Burr- funny. A fun movie but nothing spectacular. 2.5 stars.