Direction
Machatý's expressionist shadows drown every frame.
Acting
Randolph's smoldering ambiguity—did she or didn't she?
Cinematography
Taxi headlights as interrogation, streets as trap.
Director
Gustav Machatý
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Machatý fled Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia and made this his Hollywood comeback—fitting that it's about a woman trapped by circumstance.
Hugo Haas later became infamous for directing himself as pathetic older men seduced by younger women—basically rehearsing his entire career here.
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