It's opening speech tries far too hard to evoke associations with 'Rebecca' (it even features one of the original cast), and it also shoehorns in references to 'Suspicion' and 'Spellbound'. But it actually works perfectly own on it's own terms - with a bit of postwar psychology thrown in and Tchaikovsky on the soundtrack - and ironically harks forward towards later Hitchcocks (notably 'North by Northwest') with it's hero and heroine meeting cute on a train and the hilltop Frank Lloyd Wright-style house that serves as a backdrop to some of the drama.
A chicly attired Betsy Drake - ironically Mrs Cary Grant at the time - provides an attractive and robust female lead.
A chicly attired Betsy Drake - ironically Mrs Cary Grant at the time - provides an attractive and robust female lead.