bob cummings be excellent in this and a this technically brilliant hitchcock film really do not get the fame a some of his other film but be very watchable even today . priscilla lane prove in this one that she can hold her own with other blonde that work with hitchcock later . she just do a handful of film after this which make her almost forgotten today . there be sequence in this that will remind the viewer of set ups in later film by the director . the acting be so well do and the story so well do that this film be still very entertaining today . every person in the cast performs well . there be several great backdrop in the black and white film . this be the first film at universal for hitchcock . long run between the feature film he do at universal and plus the television series and hitchcock would make a much box office for the studio a anyone who work there . this fact get lose in film history . norman lloyd be well cast a the real bad guy in this film . the story move along really well include hitchcock only film western sequence . this film be very good with lot of great work by everyone involve make it .