Bergman could be thankful at least that he didn't have a writing credit on this boring, muddled, wholly unsatisfying screenplay. There are moments, such as the ludicrous gun-trading confrontation between Natas (spell it backwards o ho ho!) and Almkvist, that almost seem to be a parody of film noir. Scenes stumble from one to the next, characters pop in and out without explanation, the speeches are terribly overwritten... it's all so sloppy and unfulfilling, and ultimately pointless.