i rat this film positive which be an average of positive for screenplay and direction and 1944 production value and 6/10 for act . my act rating in turn be calculate at 4/10 for all the screen character except for that play by heroine ella raines a carol richman who be excellent at positive . also i commend thomas gomez a inspector burgess whose character convince that he personally do not think the guilty verdict on scott henderson ( alan curtis ) be just in view of his naive alibi . these two then form an alliance to prove scott alibi . i have this film on a suevia film noir cine negro dvd in spanish a la dama desconocida with the original soundtrack ingles a an alternative language and since despite search i could not find a wholly english version . i be however anxious to see another performance by ella raines after be impressed with her performance a a heroine in impact play a sole female garage proprietor . here ella performs another heroic role believing in the innocence of her engineer bos and refuse several suggestion that she should return to her home in kansa ( her bos pet name for her ) before solve the miss alibi . the fact that she be secretly in love with her bos be a little hard to believe since he formally just seem to have have a formal business relationship with her . he have however design child home and playground so i suppose family man have light up in carol brain . in the 1940s with the film code in operation and producer could only portray sex through metaphor and here it be do in the form of furious drum play by elisha cooke jnr . carol dolls herself up a a girl of easy virtue in an attempt to lure the drummer into give her information about the phantom lady alibi . the other main character and jack marlow ( an associate of scott henderson ) be play by franchot tone whose performance i find too theatrical and wonder why carol and for instance and do not notice him constantly and strangely admire his hand . here the screenplay should have be improve and provide more suspense a these theatrical move telegraph the plot far too early to the audience .