Turk has been convicted of murder and escapes from police custody while being transported on a train. He calls to threaten former girlfriend and Broadway starlet Mida King. She turns up dead in a private train in Grand Central station. Private detective Rocky Custer (Van Heflin) has been trying to clear Turk's name. Now he has to solve another murder. The police gathers Mida's many acquaintances for the investigation including Rocky and his wife. The group of people each recounts their experiences with her troubled life.
This is essentially an old style whodunnit ending stretched over a majority of the movie. It's the part where all the suspects are gathered and the murder is solved. This is mostly told in flashbacks and that's not my favorite way to tell a story especially when it's done in pieces. It's a B-movie private eye flick. This may be trying to launch Rocky and his wife as a new crime solving duo but they are almost side characters in their own movie. They really should take the lead. As a whodunnit, I'm lost in the labyrinth of memories and quite frankly, these are all unreliable narrators. I don't know if they do any of that. It's fine but it fails to launch Rocky as a new private detective star.
This is essentially an old style whodunnit ending stretched over a majority of the movie. It's the part where all the suspects are gathered and the murder is solved. This is mostly told in flashbacks and that's not my favorite way to tell a story especially when it's done in pieces. It's a B-movie private eye flick. This may be trying to launch Rocky and his wife as a new crime solving duo but they are almost side characters in their own movie. They really should take the lead. As a whodunnit, I'm lost in the labyrinth of memories and quite frankly, these are all unreliable narrators. I don't know if they do any of that. It's fine but it fails to launch Rocky as a new private detective star.