"Seven Keys To Baldpate" (1947) offers a near-constant flow of surprises, especially in its first half, to all those (like me) who haven't seen or don't remember any of the other (numerous) film versions of this story, but it suffers from a minor identity crisis: things like the flippant attitude of the male lead, or the comic-relief character of a nutty hermit, clash with two cold-blooded killings; sometimes it seems like the actors are playing in two different films. The production is well put together. Jacqueline White is a babe, and quite sexy in an understated way; Margaret Lindsay, towards the end of her career, is cast against type in a secondary role. **1/2 out of 4.
Review of Seven Keys to Baldpate
