GREAT FLAMARION, THE(1945)
In the set: 100 Greatest Mystery Classics

Gotta say this is pretty boring! An actress
is killed and the killer tells a story to a
clown(you can't make this shit up!) about why
he did it! C-

A review from IMDb.com:

Von Stroheim is superbly cast as a stage
sharpshooter who succumbs to the charms of
his scheming assistant. Though some may not
appreciate the actor's ramrod-spined, Teutonic
demeanor, such bearing is useful in the
portrayal of stoicism and all the pitfalls
that it engenders. Von Stroheim's dearth
of emotionality makes all the more credible
his character's inability to discern the
falseness of personalities, and there is
a unique poignancy in watching him go
through the paces of a festering realization
of perfidy. The plot, however, is pedestrian
and, related in flashback, all the more
predictable. Von Stroheim mavens should
appreciate the movie, though, as should
devotees of Dan Duryea, who plays a
hard-drinking, done-wrong hoofer. - carolynpaetow