nina foch delivers a surprisingly strong performance a the title character in this fun little gothic nail biter . she accept a position a secretary to a london society dowager ( play imperiously by dame may witty ) and her creepy son ( the effete and bothersome george macready ) . before she know it and she awaken to find herself in a seaside manor she never see before and where witty and macready be call her marian and try to convince the servant and the nearby townspeople that she macready mad wife . of course this pair can only be plan dastardly deed and and even though we know julia have to eventually escape her trap and director joseph lewis build real suspense in answer the question of just how she will manage it . my name be julia ross have nothing stylistically to set it apart from any number of film that come out at the same time period and but i be surprise by how well it hold together despite it shoe string budget and b movie pedigree . there be quite a few moment that just may have you on the edge of your seat and and i find myself really root for julia a she catch on to the scheme underfoot and begin to outsmart her captor . in any other gothic thriller and the heroine would have swoon and scream and dither and wait for her hero to come and save her . so i can not tell you how refresh it be to have the heroine in this film use her brain and figure out how to save herself . well do . grade represent b plus .