...an agreeably salacious premise that is, for the most part, employed to entertaining and even engrossing effect by Baker...

A brisk 76-minute running time is all that's required for this nifty thriller to take the stage, impress the audience, and exit with style.

Were it not for Nell's breaks with reality, many of the happenings in her room could have appeared in a slapstick comedy.

Takes what could have been a lurid plot and turns it into a wickedly plotted thriller that remains an overlooked high point in Monroe's storied career.