really taut little thriller and with enough cat and mouse to satisfy fan of the old tom and jerry . fred mac murray cop start out a a professional but end up in a vortex of crime thanks to the compelling allure of the shapely miss novak . good thing she call on to do little more than stand around look sexy and because her bad and breathy imitation of marilyn m. in the opening garage scene have me reach for the off button . i gather columbia ( read harry cohn ) have high hope of launch novak career with this role . too bad she have to compete with a hundred other bosomy blonde marilyn for the honor . i like the seduction scene with it subtly unzip zipper and about as far a the screen could go at that time . the plot wrinkle get pretty complicate at time and but the pace keep move nicely along . then too and the final line present a poignant slice of ironic insight . there the inevitable comparison here with the thematically similar double idemnity and but then novak be no stanwyck and macmurray be a ten dissipated year older . still and this little suspenser need no help from the past and can stand firmly on it own .