Merle Oberon is the star here but this is more of a noir than a mystery. In the beginning we see her hit and eventually kill a college professor. We find that out as the movie progresses but rather than confess to the crime, she reports her car stolen. Then by coincidence a hunk Dave (Rex) borrows her car after it is stolen (she left the keys in it). Meanwhile, another man is murdered with a shot gun about the same time, and a man named Nick borrows her car but he is not the man's killer. Because he borrows the car he is accused of hitting the Professor and of murdering the man.
The script is the most clever thing here. As this is intended as a short B picture from Universal, it's obvious here it's done on a tight shoe string. Oberon in her mid 40's looks way too old for (Dave) Rex Barker (she is nearly 10 years older). She obviously did not age well.
Stafford Repp (Batman's Chief O'Hara later) is Johnny McNabb, the guy who holds the key to Dave's being not guilty of the murder gets stabbed to death with a knife. Meanwhile Dave asks Jessica to go confuse the hit and run to the police. She can't, so she gets a ticket on a train out of town to leave the country. She invites Dave to go with her, or actually to try get away only she is being pressured to do this by the real murderer.
So this one is going to end on a train, and with a twist that is not expected. Kudos to the script writers. This is a very watchable noir, and worth the time to check it out.
The script is the most clever thing here. As this is intended as a short B picture from Universal, it's obvious here it's done on a tight shoe string. Oberon in her mid 40's looks way too old for (Dave) Rex Barker (she is nearly 10 years older). She obviously did not age well.
Stafford Repp (Batman's Chief O'Hara later) is Johnny McNabb, the guy who holds the key to Dave's being not guilty of the murder gets stabbed to death with a knife. Meanwhile Dave asks Jessica to go confuse the hit and run to the police. She can't, so she gets a ticket on a train out of town to leave the country. She invites Dave to go with her, or actually to try get away only she is being pressured to do this by the real murderer.
So this one is going to end on a train, and with a twist that is not expected. Kudos to the script writers. This is a very watchable noir, and worth the time to check it out.