[wbarmy]

Ethan killed her and returned to tell the family she had died.

I looked for that "fact" everywhere I could think to look. Since it was based on a true story, which did not end that way, I would like to know your citation for that remark.

[Fai Mao]

“I would like to know your citation for that remark.”

Oh good question. It was in a book on the history of film I read years ago. It listed that film and a Hitchcock film where Cary Grant killed his wife but the studio forced them to change the ending to something happier.

I’ll see if I can find it. But right off hand I don’t remember

[Tax-chick]

In the novel from which the movie was taken, Marty shoots Ethan who is attempting to kill Debbie (different names in the book).