It brought to my mind, his short story Never Bet The Devil Your Head. My partner Wendy even mentioned Edgar Allan Poe as she watched along with me. The story could have easily been dreamt up by Aleksei Tolstoy, Ivan Chekhov -( The Drop of Water) Nikolai Gogol or even Oscar Wilde. Adapted to the screen by Rodney Ackland and Arthur Boys from the story written by Alexander Pushkin. Associate Producer Jack Clayton was on board for this film, directed by Thorold Dickinson ( Gaslight 1940) who came onto the project last minute. The Queen of Spades is a masterpiece if ever I saw one. “The Dead Shall Give Up Their Secrets!” THE QUEEN OF SPADES 1949
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