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Summary

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.

Cast

Dan Duryea

Martin Blair

June Vincent

Catherine Bennett

Peter Lorre

Marko

Broderick Crawford

Captain Flood

Constance Dowling

Mavis Marlowe

Wallace Ford

Joe

Hobart Cavanaugh

Jake

Freddie Steele

Lucky, Manager of Rio's

Ben Bard

Bartender

Junius Matthews

Dr. Courtney

Marion Martin

Millie

John Phillips

Kirk Bennett

Archie Twitchell

George Mitchell

Maurice St. Clair

Dancer

Vilova

Dancer

Robert B. Williams

Second Detective

Florence Auer

Madame (Uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

Interne (Uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

Gary Delmar

Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)

Mary Field

Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)

Dorothy Granger

Woman by Phone Booth (Uncredited)

Eula Guy

Neighbor Lady (Uncredited)

Chuck Hamilton

Pedestrian (Uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)

Mauritz Hugo

Gambler (Uncredited)

Georg Kreisler

Pianist (Uncredited)

Clark Kuney

Announcer (Uncredited)

Bud Lawler

Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)

Ann Lawrence

Clerk (Uncredited)

Steve Olsen

Bartender (Uncredited)

Pat Starling

Tap Dancer (Uncredited)

Wally Webb

Banjo Player (Uncredited)

Dick Wessel

Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)

Crew

Director

Roy William Neill

Novel

Cornell Woolrich

Screenplay

Roy Chanslor

Reviews

Geronimo1967

July 7, 2022

When a blackmailing singer is found dead, poor old "Kirk Bennett" (John Phillips) is convicted of her murder. His wife, June Vincent ("Catherine") enlists the help of bar-fly "Blair" (Dan Duryea) who happens to be the ex-husband of the murdered woman and, posing as a pianist and singer, they start to investigate, ending up playing quite a complex game of cat and mouse with the excellently sleazy nightclub owner/petty criminal "Marko" (Peter Lorre). Duryea raises his game with his performance here and the safe pair of hands at the tiller from Roy William Neill keeps this well constructed, if occasionally soggy, crime noir moving along quite well with quite a few interesting twists and trust to keep it unpredictable.