A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched noir lighting that eats faces.
Acting
Richard Boone's unhinged detective steals every scene.
Direction
Flashback structure builds delicious dread.
Director
Harry Horner
Jeanne Crain
Jill Lynn
Jean Peters
Vicki Lynn
Elliott Reid
Steve Christopher
Richard Boone
Lt. Ed Cornell
Max Showalter
Larry Evans
Alexander D'Arcy
Robin Ray
Carl Betz
Detective McDonald
Aaron Spelling
Harry Williams
Robert Adler
Policeman (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames
Cafe Photographer (uncredited)
Parley Baer
Detective (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
Milkman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Harry Horner won Oscars for art direction—here he turns cheap sets into claustrophobic nightmare spaces.
The tagline's moral panic about Vicki 'living wrong' exposes 1950s anxiety about women escaping domesticity—she dies for wanting more.
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