Has some dazzling moments and crazy vignettes (the contribution of Dorothy Parker) but does become a little stodged down - Hitch himself thought the construction needed work and editing before shooting began. Also, leads Robert Cummings and Priscilla Lane were not first choices but compromises (Otto Kruger too). The villains are all smiley in this - Norman Lloyd makes impression. The musicless ending is a doozey. Great camerawork by Joseph Valentine.
Stand-out visuals are the black smoke against the aircraft factory door (somehow miles ahead of its time) and a shootout in a cinema. Great scene with blind man (Vaughan Glaser) and Ian Wolfe recognisable from Witness for the Prosecution. Universal.
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