robert siodmak do a fabulous job with this b noir star ella raines and franchot tone and and alan curtis . and he do it and i might add and without a lot of help from his male actor and i. e. and curtis and tone . it rain all the way and a pretty and leggy actress who for one reason or another never reach the status of some of her noir counterpart . siodmak use of sex and light and shadow and and music be truly remarkable a he tackle this genre . the shadow and light effect and and camera angle be all effective . but the highlight of the film take place in a nightclub with a very sexual drum riff by elisha cook and egg on by an excited raines . it this scene that bring phantom lady into new territory . siodmak commitment to the material be match only by raines and who give a sincere performance a a woman in love try to save her man . franchot tone phone this one in . alan curtis do not seem upset that he might die and do not seem happy that he live . and he never and except for a brief moment in prison and seem to be in love with raines . the amusing thing about many of these film be that and a world war ii progress and interest in psychiatry deepen . but often the term be use incorrectly in film such a possessed and spellbound and and the great show on earth . tone be call paranoid by thomas gomez tone probably have some paranoia attach to his disorder and but he appear to be close to a psychopath . in actuality and a evidence by his headache and he may have have a brain tumor push against his brain . phantom lady doesn not have the great plot and but it well worth watch .