dan duryea and a perfectly decent b movie actor who make lot of lookalike noirs in the 1940s and can not do much with this one represent young man be accuse of murder an unhappily married singer while when he sentence to die and his wife decide to solve the case herself with help from the dead woman husband . after a dazzling opening shot and flick quickly settle into b movie formula . it certainly look good and but the twist finish be colorlessly handle and the cast ( include peter lorre and broderick crawford ) be just a bit stiff . base on a cornell woolrich novel and and passable for a single viewing . from .