An underrated thriller, with a final twist which would not be out of place in an Agatha Christie's whodunit.
The beginning of the movie may puzzle the viewer and may seem confused and off-putting;but further acquaintance generates a tense suspense : the crummy flat where Dan Duryea and his mistress live, "I've got something to do " says he ; then the bizarre atmosphere in the street and the posh people who are in direct contrast to the first characters "Seems I've been being followed" Jason says ,connecting both worlds.
Jason is murdered ; the killer claims that he was paid by his wife Ellen to do away with him; but she denies it and cries over her late man's body ;but is she really the weeping widow? Or is she putting an act? And her attentive escort ,Doug , who stands by her : is he her accomplice? "Now, you're alone ,and so is she" says the cop. Or ,unbeknown to her, did he want to get rid of his partner who works with him as an architect?
Patricia Owens shines in this Christiesque riddle.
The beginning of the movie may puzzle the viewer and may seem confused and off-putting;but further acquaintance generates a tense suspense : the crummy flat where Dan Duryea and his mistress live, "I've got something to do " says he ; then the bizarre atmosphere in the street and the posh people who are in direct contrast to the first characters "Seems I've been being followed" Jason says ,connecting both worlds.
Jason is murdered ; the killer claims that he was paid by his wife Ellen to do away with him; but she denies it and cries over her late man's body ;but is she really the weeping widow? Or is she putting an act? And her attentive escort ,Doug , who stands by her : is he her accomplice? "Now, you're alone ,and so is she" says the cop. Or ,unbeknown to her, did he want to get rid of his partner who works with him as an architect?
Patricia Owens shines in this Christiesque riddle.