Review of Sleep, My Love

I am generally not a big fan of Douglas Sirk so I approached this movie with some skepticism. I think this is the best movie I have seen by him. Nevertheless, I couldn't help but wonder what might have been in the hands of a firm noir master. The movie opens with a confused and upset Claudette Colbert traveling on a train to Boston from New York. She is attended to, regains her wits about her, and the movie begins to unfold. Unfortunately, the "mystery" is revealed much too soon. Robert Cummings is in an all-too-familiar role for him reminiscent of "Dial M for Murder" or "The Lost Moment" rescuing the damsel-in-distress. Raymond Burr makes an appearance early in the film and looks to be an interesting part of the proceedings but then disappears. Hazel Brooks is an actress that I was unfamiliar with and was very good in her bad girl role. The rest of the cast was okay and that was pretty much how I felt about the rest of the movie. It's between 6 and 7 and I gave it the benefit of the doubt.