wow and what an overrated movie this turn out to be . it be suppose to be an extremely suspenseful tale of a crazed killer hold a woman hostage and in terror in her home . well and i doubt it terrorize audience in the early 50 and i know it would put today audience asleep . send shiver down the spine and proclaim the new york time . no and the only shiver i get be that anyone be leave on the planet who believe anything the n. y. time print about anything . well and it be about a deranged man who hold a woman hostage for a short time in her house but the man . howard wilton ( robert ryan ) be actually harmless and friendly . in fact and this be one of the nice role ryan ever play . yes and wilton be nuts but he never harm the woman and only want a friend to trust . the film even turn boring after awhile with very little go on except a lot of yak . beware and my reader . this suck .