Director: ERLE C. KENTON. Screenplay allegedly by Edward Dein, Jerry Warner. Allegedly based on an "original story" by Gerald Geraghty. Photography: George Robinson. Film editor: Russell Schoengarth. Art directors: Jack Otterson, Abraham Grossman. Set decorators: Russell A. Gausman and T.F. Offenbecker. Music director: Paul Sawtell. Costumes designed by Vera West. Make-up: Jack P. Pierce. Hair styles: Carmen Dirigo. Sound recording: Bernard B. Brown, William Hedgcock. Associate producer: Will Cowan. Producer: Howard Welsch.
Copyright 11 April 1946 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc. New York opening at the Rialto: 17 May 1946. U.S. release: 17 May 1946. U.K. release through General Film Distributors: 18 August 1947 (sic). Australian release: 21 November 1946. 5,197 feet. 58 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A reporter believes a long-buried suicide victim was actually murdered. NOTES: Gerald Geraghty's "original story" previously formed the basis of George Waggner's finely tuned, fast-paced "Horror Island" (1941), a much superior movie in every respect.
COMMENT: A pallid, indifferently directed re-make with only one claim to fame-namely, it will certainly spoil your enjoyment of the far more exciting and suspenseful original if you're unlucky enough to sit through this one first. Every department (including acting, script, sets and photography) manages to score lower on any scale of artistry or entertainment. Admittedly, on its own inferior level (solely thanks to its resiliently punchy plot) it still packs a sufficient wallop to raise a few tense moments.
Copyright 11 April 1946 by Universal Pictures Co., Inc. New York opening at the Rialto: 17 May 1946. U.S. release: 17 May 1946. U.K. release through General Film Distributors: 18 August 1947 (sic). Australian release: 21 November 1946. 5,197 feet. 58 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A reporter believes a long-buried suicide victim was actually murdered. NOTES: Gerald Geraghty's "original story" previously formed the basis of George Waggner's finely tuned, fast-paced "Horror Island" (1941), a much superior movie in every respect.
COMMENT: A pallid, indifferently directed re-make with only one claim to fame-namely, it will certainly spoil your enjoyment of the far more exciting and suspenseful original if you're unlucky enough to sit through this one first. Every department (including acting, script, sets and photography) manages to score lower on any scale of artistry or entertainment. Admittedly, on its own inferior level (solely thanks to its resiliently punchy plot) it still packs a sufficient wallop to raise a few tense moments.