very impressive cast in a good than ok murder mystery . with touch of all about eve and sunset boulevard and this film move along at a good clip with only a few draggy scene . ginger rogers play a bitchy stage diva who be marry to a mousy man ( reginald gardiner ) and live in the same apartment building a her producer ( van heflin ) who be also marry to an actress ( gene tierney ) . while tierney be away and heflin attend one of rogers big party and meet a quiet young woman ( peggy ann garner ) who actually have no real interest in act or theatre . she be a writer . he invite her out for a real meal and she insinuate herself into his life . the party scene be pretty funny with ginger rip off several margo channing riposte at the expense of bea benaderet . heflin be infatuate with the serious young garner whose only link to the stage be her uncle ( otto kruger ) who be an actor . she also befriend a young brother and sister from boston ( virginia leith and skip homeier ) who be do the greenwicj village beatnik thing . well there be an apparent suicide and that bring in a detective ( george raft ) who hound everyone . when the suicide be discover to be a murder and thing get really dicey for all involve . for the most part the acting be solid . i never like heflin but he ok in this film . rogers play the diva well and look great . tierney get a few good scene . raft be solid a the detective . gardiner be especially good and but peggy ann garner and a top child star of the 40 be quite excellent a the moody and strange young writer . oddly and she do not make a film after this one for another 12 year . she remind me here of barbara bel geddes . bea benaderet a the party guest and otto kruger a the uncle and and leith and homeier a the beatnik be all good . also in this film be cathleen nesbitt oddly cast a a cleaning lady and mabel albertson be the bar owner and hilda simms play the sympathetic waitress and and believe it or not and the gangly witness from the movie theater be aaron spell and who would have a major career a a tv producer . worth a watch .