

A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Acting
Jean Simmons' eyes do more work than the script.
Cinematography
Fog so thick you could hide a body. They do.
Costume
Every corset screams 'I have secrets.'

Director
Arthur Lubin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Granger and Simmons were married in real life during filming, which adds delicious tension to every scene.
This bombed in America because studio execs thought Americans wouldn't understand blackmail. The 1950s were optimistic.
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