I can't profess to know much about Henry Hathaway but he has pulled this film noir off really well, aided by superb photography from Joe MacDonald. I noticed the loud traffic noise in the office of Mark Stevens and Lucille Ball, then the piano practising at the apartment, finally realising there's no music score but all natural sound. Also liked the girl with the whistle.
Usual sardonic kind of screenplay by Jay Dratler and Bernard Schoenfeld from a story by Leo Rosten.
William Bendix is the man in the white suit, with Clifton Webb and Kurt Kruger, Cathy Downs as the femme fatale.
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