robert florey and james wong howe give this a frightening and expressionistic look . scene be shoot at weird angle especially scene involve figurative and literal lady killer zachary scott . his sociopathic behavior presage another superb and medium budget movie and the stepfather and by more than two decade . the entire cast be excellent and though ( though no fault of her own ) it hard to think of joyce compton a anyone but the singer in the awful truth . ) scott and bennett and emerson and decamp ( especially and and though play an old woman look gorgeous ) they couldn not have be top . set a creepy lodger in the house of woman story against a background of psychiatrist be a risky trick that pay off beautifully . nothing corny at all . beautifully . nothing corny at all . the resolution be a little pat and unfortunately . not emerson get together with bennett . that make sense . but scott be dispatch too quickly . i seem him more a a mr. ripley character and who could have escape everything the botulism and the murder rap and the jealous sister and disappear into the great world beyond this story . that would not have impede the essentially happy end of the secretary and her bos finally get together .