this be one of those film that and for whatever reason and just click with me . everything about it be right . eric robert laconic and nice investigator and his voiceover narration and the twisting plot and dan hedaya and denis lipscomb give good role and the setting and the painting in the artist studio scene and the end credit sequence and the wonderfully haunting theme music that perfectly encapsulate the mood of the whole film . if i have any reservation it be about beverly dangelo a the femme fatale and but she play her final scene beautifully . i think that director matthew chapman be try for a sort of chinatown feel to the whole thing . it didnt work . but a a murder mystery it a gem .