7/10
You can't hit the target every time!
20 March 2016
Warning: Spoilers
You can't hit the target every time (unless your name is Annie Oakley - - and even she missed six or seven times in her career) and this film certainly maintains audience interest at very high level for at least two-thirds of its length. The ominous atmosphere of the sanatorium is most skilfully evoked by Milner's soft, shadowy photography, plus the aseptic sets and above and beyond all, the brooding music score reworked from "Spellbound". All the acting is absolutely first-class, thanks to the skill and flair of Andre De Toth's direction. I should mention, however, that, despite his prominent position in the official cast list, Gilbert Roland's part is extremely small. This didn't worry me -- I can take him or leave him -- but if you're a Gilbert Roland fan, you're going to be very disappointed.
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