"On the Job Training" is how Director Budd Bottichier Described His Early Years, Evidenced Here.
In this End of the War Release the Story is Peppered by some Psychology that was Becoming a Key Ingredient in Film-Noir.
It's a Trope that Enhanced with a Cutting-Edge that Help Slice-Off Noir from the "Straight" Stuff from the Hollywood Dream Factory.
Here, it is Dreams as Premonitions that Separate it from the Usual Films-During-War-Time.
Although this was Released almost Simultaneously with the End of WWII,
it makes the Most of the Urgency that Accompanied the "Silence of the Guns".
The Urgency is Symbolized Frequently with Clocks Appearing Everywhere.
Especially the "Grandfather" Clock Playing an Important Role in Espionage.
Nina Foch was one of the "Pretty Faces" that Brought along some Acting Talent, as She Lit Up the Screen.
Nina is a Joy Out-Shining Generic Leading Man William Wright.
He Plays a G-Man that Flashes a Badge Frequently and Goes About Romancing Foch and Side-Stepping the Axis-of-Evil.
Entertaining B-Movie that has Budd Boetticher who Became a Celebrated Cult-Director.
Mostly Because of His Western Work with Randolph Scott.
Along with Anthony Mann Helped Redefine the Western, that Took that Genre to a Higher-Level of Art.
In this End of the War Release the Story is Peppered by some Psychology that was Becoming a Key Ingredient in Film-Noir.
It's a Trope that Enhanced with a Cutting-Edge that Help Slice-Off Noir from the "Straight" Stuff from the Hollywood Dream Factory.
Here, it is Dreams as Premonitions that Separate it from the Usual Films-During-War-Time.
Although this was Released almost Simultaneously with the End of WWII,
it makes the Most of the Urgency that Accompanied the "Silence of the Guns".
The Urgency is Symbolized Frequently with Clocks Appearing Everywhere.
Especially the "Grandfather" Clock Playing an Important Role in Espionage.
Nina Foch was one of the "Pretty Faces" that Brought along some Acting Talent, as She Lit Up the Screen.
Nina is a Joy Out-Shining Generic Leading Man William Wright.
He Plays a G-Man that Flashes a Badge Frequently and Goes About Romancing Foch and Side-Stepping the Axis-of-Evil.
Entertaining B-Movie that has Budd Boetticher who Became a Celebrated Cult-Director.
Mostly Because of His Western Work with Randolph Scott.
Along with Anthony Mann Helped Redefine the Western, that Took that Genre to a Higher-Level of Art.