This is a neat little who-dun-it. Well, actually we know who done it. What we don't know who is doing it now. I won't explain that, but if you watch the film you'll understand.
Humphrey Bogart is excellent here. There's some dialog that doesn't ring true, but he didn't write the script or direct. And there was one spot when he is grilling Alexis Smith that he made me think of Captain Queeg!
Alexis Smith is also excellent here, although I was distracted by a not very logical blouse at the resort. It just seemed childish. Again, not her fault, in fact I enjoyed her performance.
And Sydney Greenstreet was excellent as the psychiatrist, although again, some of the dialog he was given seemed a bit off to me...but that's not his fault. I did find it odd that Greenstreet's character and Bogart's character are close friends who socialize together all the time...and Bogart still calls him doctor??? That seemed odd to me.
I was kept guessing till near the end as to who was...sleuthing (I'll be a bit obscure here).
Well worth a look. A solid 7.
Humphrey Bogart is excellent here. There's some dialog that doesn't ring true, but he didn't write the script or direct. And there was one spot when he is grilling Alexis Smith that he made me think of Captain Queeg!
Alexis Smith is also excellent here, although I was distracted by a not very logical blouse at the resort. It just seemed childish. Again, not her fault, in fact I enjoyed her performance.
And Sydney Greenstreet was excellent as the psychiatrist, although again, some of the dialog he was given seemed a bit off to me...but that's not his fault. I did find it odd that Greenstreet's character and Bogart's character are close friends who socialize together all the time...and Bogart still calls him doctor??? That seemed odd to me.
I was kept guessing till near the end as to who was...sleuthing (I'll be a bit obscure here).
Well worth a look. A solid 7.