Maltin: "As good a B picture as you'll ever find." So Kim Hunter hadn't really been discovered yet for AMOLAD; and I guess Mitchum hadn't really taken hold either. Dean Jagger is actually star billed.
George Moskov's story was screenwritten by Philip Yordan and Dennis J Cooper. And makes for a most economical and enjoyable 63 minutes.
Has some bizarre touches, like the newspaperman who claims he doesn't have the newspaper that he does, the huge volume from the dance hall outside Kim's hotel room, Hunter's rush from the balcony, couple finding themsleves in Harlem all-black bar, superimpositions aplenty and the former tenant's photo.
With Neil Hamilton, Lou Lubin (a memorable face; he had appeared alongside Hunter in The Seventh Victim), Milton Kibbee (drunk), Dewey Robinson.
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| Approx 1940 vintage, today will cost c. £500, suggests it wasn't a cheap watch then |
The film was shot in only seven days; luckily the actors had (for free) agreed to a seven day rehearsal first, which helped with the speed of filming enormously.
Castle's scream-to-train-whistle is indeed a steal from Hitchcock, The 39 Steps.
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