This is an interesting thriller , notable for one of the last appearances by Claude Rains , as an aging ailing attorney who comes to the rescue of youthful colleague Chamberlain. This is quite derivative , "autopsy of a murder " all over again...The brilliant young lawman has become a cliché. But Rains can survive a cardboard role.
On the other hand ,the supporting characters are more absorbing :Ben, the brave soldier , who appears first as a crude brute with a whole town against him ; little,by little,the viewer sides with him ,this man who has got a raw deal and who is overtaken by events; his wife is a nymphomaniac ,who recalls Dorothy Malone in " written on the wind" .Cole and Amy Clinton make an odd couple , the former first hailed as the beloved citizen before one reveals his true colors ; the character of the wife should have been more developed , being more ambiguous and interesting than the female lead , just in it to secure a happy end.
On the other hand ,the supporting characters are more absorbing :Ben, the brave soldier , who appears first as a crude brute with a whole town against him ; little,by little,the viewer sides with him ,this man who has got a raw deal and who is overtaken by events; his wife is a nymphomaniac ,who recalls Dorothy Malone in " written on the wind" .Cole and Amy Clinton make an odd couple , the former first hailed as the beloved citizen before one reveals his true colors ; the character of the wife should have been more developed , being more ambiguous and interesting than the female lead , just in it to secure a happy end.