Why so much hype?

The greatest movie ever!

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

A relatively grown-up but just as perky Bonita Granville in a slightly more adult, but also significantly less entertaining, version of the Nancy Drew films she had made in the late 1930s. It really is the definition of a "programmer": obviously shot quickly, directed without any style or inventiveness, and forgettable an hour after you've seen it. It does do a pretty good job of pointing the finger of suspicion at various characters, but then it goes and gives away the murderer about 10 minutes too early. Morgan Conway exudes no charm and is too old (20 years older, in fact) to be Bonita's romantic partner. If you miss this film, you won't be missing much. ** out of 4.

Always interesting to see Bonita Granville, a child star,growing up and in mature roles. This film is no exception where Granville plays a lady attorney, the girlfriend of the D.A. When their lawyer wife's friend is murdered, all clues seem to have her alcoholic husband as the culprit.The film shows that Granville goes through all sorts of routines to prove otherwise; even when she puts her life into danger.You will be able to guess who the real killer is as the film goes on. Unfortunately, it's highly predictable in the film.Nevertheless, the mystery is a good one, and it's certainly an example of film-noir for the 1946 period.

A breezy mystery is given some nice performances from Bonita Granville and Morgan Conway as they attempt to solve crime in the big city.I'm so used to seeing Bonita in some of her childhood roles, usually as a bratty teenager and later on as Nancy Drew, that it comes as a surprise to see how well she handled this adult role as an attorney.The plot is sometimes light on logic and the ending using a lie detector test comes across as too pat a conclusion. It might have been better to furnish a stronger finish to the tale.But it passes the time pleasantly enough, even if the guilty party becomes pretty obvious before the final scene.

Competent B mystery. A nice opening, listen closely to the dialog. Bonita Granville is a forceful career woman who handles herself competently (given it's 1946), but don't miss the last line in the movie! First part moves along nicely, but slows down near the end as it gets less logical. It's entertaining with okay dialog.June Clayworth is good as a loose married woman. This film is apparently not on VHS or DVD, but I saw it on TCM.