Though it will not, I fancy, change the course of cinema history it turns out to be intelligently constructed and executed.

A well-made film about one man's descent in to madness.

It was the role of a lifetime, for any actor, but Colman got it, and he nailed it. He won an Oscar and a Golden Globe, and he deserved them.

Colman faz um belo trabalho como o perturbado ator que falha em separar realidade da fico, mas Cukor e seus roteiristas se perde nos aspectos da produo que devem ao noir, tornando-a frgil e artificial.