Quine had made several features before he was introduced to Kim Novak, here in her debut (and very creditable it is too - Phffft was the same year). Made the same year as Rear Window this film also has fun with spying through windows, as Fred MacMurray and Philip Carey stake out Novak's apartment (though the latter evolves feelings for neighbour Dorothy Written on the Wind Malone) for arrival of bank robber and the inevitable dough. Perhaps an inspiration for the Dreyfuss film Stakeout. E.G. Marshall is their boss.
Neat opening with credits taking place over wordless bank heist. Screenplay by Roy Huggins from stories by Thomas Walsh and Bill Ballinger. Film is tight and springy.
Noticed plug for Columbia's It Should Happen to You outside cinema (Holliday / Lemmon).
Didn't know Lester White (camera) or Arthur Morton (score).
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