this be the kind of cat and mouse thriller that we will never make again . it be a movie that go through a process . someone have an idea and write the story and set the atmosphere and and produce a white knuckle mystery . boy and do i miss film noir . barbara stanwyck play an intelligent professional woman who see a woman murder in the apartment across from her . she call the police who come to the conclusion she be dream . gary merrill play the weary and but sympathetic and detective who investigate . they question the suspect george sander but he eventually convince them that she be unbalanced . she become more and more desperate for someone to believe her all the while she be be set up . she and gary merrill begin to fall in love . he want to believe her and but george have spin an insidious web . eventually she find herself under suspicion and be send to the cuckoo nest for observation . there be bizarre confrontation between barbara and george where he actually admit the murder and proclaim himself the savior of the 4th reich . you will have to take it from there . barbara stanwyck be a little past her prime and but she still put out the passion and energy that make her famous . george sander really look tired and but display that old world charm that make little old lady melt . gary merrill be such a likable guy and you tend to forget that he can not act . there be not one car chase and not one explosion and and no one fire a pistol and never mind a mach 10. boy i miss these movie .