Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Acting
Pat O'Brien's sweaty desperation sells the whole paranoid package.
Cinematography
Shadowy gallery halls that feel like traps closing in.
Writing
Tight plot knots that actually untangle satisfyingly.
Director
Irving Reis
Pat O'Brien
George Steele
Claire Trevor
Terry Cordell
Herbert Marshall
Traybin
Ray Collins
Dr. Lowell
Wallace Ford
Lt. Cochrane
Dean Harens
Reynolds
Damian O'Flynn
Museum Curator Stevenson
Erskine Sanford
Museum Director Barton
Mary Ware
Mary
Gertrude Astor
Nagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)
Al Bain
Arcade Patron (Uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ray Collins (Dr. Lowell) played Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason—dude built a career on smug authority figures.
This B-noir rode the post-war anxiety wave: trust no institution, not even your own mind.
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