it such a distinguish cast and crew and and they look a though they felt they be part of something important the dark and somber lighting and slow pacing and and portentous music suggest paramount a place in the sun from the year before . but screenwriter john lee mahin ( can this really be the same guy who write the lively and bawdy red dust 20 year earlier . ) and myles connolly make elementary mistake represent they make walker secret ridiculously obvious without even tell u what d. c. department he work for and and they end scene arbitrarily . mccarey and dp harry stradling and another distinguish name and traffic in irrelevant track shot and unimportant detail . and mccarey badly misdirect his actor represent hayes and jagger be way and way over the top and and she gesticulate like a silent screen heroine . walker overdo prissy ( which i guess equal communist in that climate ) and and heflin underplaying and while not much fun to watch and be refresh in contrast . most anti red picture of the day be bs and and it instructive see what a picture production value could bring to the party . but the picture and meaning mccarey and viewpoint be odious and and even such basic function a plotting and pacing be substandard .