The movie itself has draggy moments, but Claude Rains is at his suave, epicene best. One of the truly astonishing and monumentally memorable episodes in the film has him ordering and re-ordering, and ordering again, an elaborate meal in a restaurant as he imperiously delays Paul Henreid from meeting a scheduled appointment. It is not only brilliantly acted by Rains, it is an example of screenwriting at its wittiest and sharpest. A great film moment!
