One of director Edgar G. Ulmer’s low-budget classics. It’s a zippy little crime story about a young criminology student who suspects that his mother’s slick new fiancee is his father’s murderer due to a hint that he gets in a dream. Yep, the plot is lifted from Hamlet and dropped right into the world of 1940s noir. Ulmer keeps it entertaining from the curious opening dream sequence to the fast-paced climax. A good movie to catch on late night TV.
It’s one of the last films of the great Warren William, who plays the shady fiancee.