Strange Fascination

Written, directed, produced and starring Hugo Haas, who doesn't do a particularly good job in any of those roles. The script is lifeless and poorly written, very prosaic drama that never catches fire. The camerawork is entirely uninteresting, and borderline amateurish. The performances are bland. The film is categorized as noir, but that seems like a stretch by any definition of the genre. Only in the final 10 minutes do we get any compelling plot material. But otherwise it's a snooze.