by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Death is a Woman is the American title of the British Love is a Woman. Patsy Ann Noble is the woman in question, the mistress of a recently deceased smuggler. Narcotics agent Mark Burns goes undercover to gain the confidence of Noble and criminal mastermind William Dexter. Suddenly, Dexter turns up dead and Burns is arrested for murder. We then learn the full significance of the film's US title. In certain markets, this perplexing melodrama was released as Sex is a Woman.
characteristics
- Murder
- Kill
- Investigator
- Narcotics
- Secrets
- Suspect
- Smuggling
- Smuggler
- Investigation
- False-accusation
- Death
- Dead
- Agent [representative]
- Drug-runner
- Drugs
