if you like a mystery full of shadow and moody lighting and you will quite enjoy this rambling yarn . john hodiak ( who look here like a classic co respondent in a divorce case ) and be an amnesiac and who wanders from clue to clue and from character actor to support player and in a sort of bemused trance a he try to piece together who he be and why a certain larry cravat write him a mysterious note . the mystery hold for a while and then this viewer become a bit tired of scene after scene of talky explanation and and not much cinematic action . fortunately hodiak meet a nice girl and play by the charming nancy guild and and thing look up ( for me ) . nancy fall for john and for some reason and and believe in him and although he be become convince that he may be a killer . on he ramble and try to unravel and in murky apartment and the dock and an insane asylum and etc . there nazi loot and a nightclub and and lloyd nolan a a chummy cop and and lot of quirky character ( include one of my favourite and housely stevenson ) and who be there mainly to distract you and because hodiak character be so passive that he isn not even in the final scene a cheery wash up reminiscent of a mild sitcom .