if you be study welles and want to see just how far he fell after citizen kane and this film will prove it . the cheap excuse of make the protagonist a self admit dummy to explain how he might fall into such a half baked scheme fail to explain the absurd courtroom theatrics and ridiculous plot twist that eventually ensue . don not be take in by the high rating of this film in the db a i be while all i can guess be that there be a lot of die hard old welles and hayworth fan out there .