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Robert Florey may have been one of Hollywood's more inventive directors but there is little evidence of the Frenchman's cinematic flourishes in this whodunit blunder, which moves at a snail's pace to a foregone conclusion. Along the way, Florey manages to make Glenda Farrell appear dull and that is almost a crime. Mary Brian, Ben Lyon, and the ill-fated Peggy Shannon do what they can with the material but are soundly defeated by an obtuse script and Florey's unimaginative direction. Stanley Logan is credited as dialogue director.