AntoniusBlock7’s review published on Letterboxd:
“When I married you, your sister was just a kid. Now she's grown up and I happen to find myself in love with her. Just one of those things that can't be helped.”
‘Conflict’ has a nice, lean plot, which I might have expected knowing that Robert Siodmak co-authored the original story (with Alfred Neumann). I love the dark elements, its atmosphere, and how it moves along. Bogart is great in all aspects of his role – frustrated husband, unrequited lover, stone-cold killer, and guilt-ridden guy whose grip on reality may be wavering. Sydney Greenstreet is solid as always too. Spotting the key slip-up is not hard and you can kind of see where it’s going, but the possible variations on a theme make it so that it isn’t all completely predictable, and there are some nice moments of tension. Fleshed out a little more this might have been a Hitchcock film, but as it is, it’s a nice noir/suspense blend, and I really enjoyed it. They sure didn’t put a lot of thought into the title though.