good murder mystery and Very good movie with great acting and story line. If you have a fetish for classy gals using cigarette holders, its required viewing!
If amazon supplied half stars, I'd add one here. For me the fascination is watching this film as a precursor to ALL ABOUT EVE. Dan Tobin in George Sanders' role, Leo Genn even physically resembling Gary Merrill a bit, etc. Leon Ames never looked better (also with physical hints of Merrill but with Hugh Marlowe's rakish coif). Roz didn't seem right for the part at first, but she handles it well as the plot continues to parboil. But it's also fun to pick out other familiar faces in the cast, including an Apple Annie newsie who'd all but stolen BORN TO KILL from Claire Trevor (fine and wrought here as always) the previous year.
RUSSELL'S VERSATILITY SHOWS. Based upon a story by William Mercer and Annabel Ross, this flick is a bit overwrought, perhaps - but quite entertaining nevertheless. Russell is fine as a frustrated stage star who kills her producer because he threatened to prevent her from marrying and staging her own production of HEDDA GABLER. Circumstances provide Roz with an airtight alibi and she seems to get away with murder...The denouement occurs as a result of Russell's involvement with her character-in-the-play-within-a-movie performance of the famed Ibsen play. This was the first independent production for the husband-and-wife team of Russell and producer Frederick Brisson.
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