James Mason before he was iconic — and a bar hostess with secrets worth killing for.
Acting
Lockwood's guarded warmth, Mason's simmering desperation.
Production
Smoke-thick nightclub sets on a Poverty Row budget.
Director
Brian Desmond Hurst
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in three weeks at Twickenham Studios, this was one of five films Mason made in 1942 before his breakout in 'The Seventh Veil.'
Margaret Lockwood was Britain's biggest box office draw at the time — her 'wicked lady' persona made audiences root for morally complicated women.
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