Hollywood's casting quirks are well illustrated by the fact that Ann Savage's immediately previous movie role to her infamous Detour character, has many similarities. Not nearly as earthy for sure, but equally as vicious and totally self-centered. The movie, entitled Apology for Murder, scripted in a relentlessly dull fashion by Fred Myton, is P.R.C.'s answer to Double Indemnity. While Ann makes an excellent fist of the Barbara Stanwyck role, Hugh Beaumont never rises above the tiresomely inadequate as a mundane edition of smart-talking Fred MacMurray, while unflatteringly photographed Charles D. Brown comes over as a woefully colorless, if energetically over-talkative edition of Edward G. Robinson. Bland direction, minimal production values and glaring plot continuity gaps don't help either.
Review of Apology for Murder
