Like in Robson/Lewton's "the seventh victim" (1943) ,a girl comes to town in search of her elder sister;helped by a reporter and a policeman, the search begins,full of pitfalls ; without their help ,it would be like finding a needle in a haystack .
A somber film noir : one learns in the first fifteen minutes that the sister committed suicide (a murder made to look like suicide ,because she was found at a wheel of a car whereas she had not her driving licence )As for the baby ,he's disappeared ,victim of a ring who practices trade in children .
The baddies are particularly successful, more than the stars:Raymond Burr , a sinister-looking crook who doublecrosses his accomplices ;Mike Mazurki ,as the cynical sadistic doctor ;and to top them all,Marjorie Rambeau ,the respectable old lady with a cane who smoothly speaks to the unwed mothers :she's almost hitchcockian (see " notorious" (1946) and later the second version of "the man who knew too much" (1956))
An action-packed thriller,which is still relevant in 2021.
A somber film noir : one learns in the first fifteen minutes that the sister committed suicide (a murder made to look like suicide ,because she was found at a wheel of a car whereas she had not her driving licence )As for the baby ,he's disappeared ,victim of a ring who practices trade in children .
The baddies are particularly successful, more than the stars:Raymond Burr , a sinister-looking crook who doublecrosses his accomplices ;Mike Mazurki ,as the cynical sadistic doctor ;and to top them all,Marjorie Rambeau ,the respectable old lady with a cane who smoothly speaks to the unwed mothers :she's almost hitchcockian (see " notorious" (1946) and later the second version of "the man who knew too much" (1956))
An action-packed thriller,which is still relevant in 2021.