It starts out so strange and mysterious, with a series of such weird sequences about a séance and a pretend blind man stealing a cake from the protagonist who won it in a charity fair. The war is a backdrop to this foreboding, ambiguous weirdness. It then evolves into a fairly standard film noir and espionage thriller, which I found disappointing. Everything about it is absurdly unrealistic anyhow, so it might as well have kept away from the clichés and stuck to surreal eccentricity.

There are some great moments in this otherwise by-the-numbers espionage thriller making it somewhat memorable.

too hurry in its ending.

"Wrong man" spy thriller very much in the vein of Hitchcock, or Lang's previous Spione. Calling this noir is a big stretch, but it's a fun little adventure that moves briskly and keeps you guessing. Ray Milland is good, the rest of the cast a little uninspiring but they manage. Pretty lousy score, but some mighty fine camerawork. A couple of minor disappointments: there could be more of a psychological angle, and the coda involves a dumb bit of a comedy. Overall, slight but very enjoyable.

Fun, very well acted suspense thriller

Good--and maybe the best thing about it is the title. (The book is very good too.)

Excellent spy thriller with paranoid atmsophere.

Classic

Wonderful noirish crime thriller that keeps the audience guessing and plays on fears and suspicions. The characters could use more depth but it's an acceptable tradeoff for the brisk pace. The biggest problem is the ending, which is abrupt and contains 10 seconds of the most obviously tacked on footage I've ever seen. The cut is completely jarring, the tone and visuals are completely off and a cheesy joke is thrown in for no reason.