sadly not available on dvd a yet and but worth pursue on tcm or vhs . a secretary believe her bos be wrongly accuse of murder and and courageously take on many dangerous character in an effort to establish the truth . a movie with many twist and dark alleyway and none of which i will mention . the jazz band sequence where our heroine seek the information about the killer and be one of the most erotic scene in hollywood history and despite be at very low budget and make during wwii in black and white . despite the low budget long island look somewhat mountainous this be a movie of original style and outstanding vision . ella raines be a great actress discover by howard hawk who know much about these matter and cast the feisty woman joanne dru and hepburn and angie dickinson and lauren bacall and ann sheridan of their era . robert siodmak be of one of several german and hungarian and czech film maker sirk and wild and zinnemann and lubitsch and curtiz and lang and etc who émigrés relocate to hollywood and and bring a highly original fresh vision with them . sadly ella raines be never give such a great part again and and eventually end up in poorly produce western .