A good thriller which features Jack Hawkins investigating a fire which involves a former love (the gorgeous Arlene Dahl ) who married the owner of a desirable mansion who deals with shady business (he would be broke ,and he would sell his paintings he replaces with fakes ).
After a (criminal) fire, the investigator thinks he might have fallen for a femme fatale ( there's a brief shot of a smiling Dahl after the fire when Hawkins is still unconscious:short but impressive ) ; and there are shades of the French classic "les diaboliques" (1955) : is the husband who's supposed to have perished in the fire really dead? And an unexpected ending ,as far the whodunit is concerned.
After a (criminal) fire, the investigator thinks he might have fallen for a femme fatale ( there's a brief shot of a smiling Dahl after the fire when Hawkins is still unconscious:short but impressive ) ; and there are shades of the French classic "les diaboliques" (1955) : is the husband who's supposed to have perished in the fire really dead? And an unexpected ending ,as far the whodunit is concerned.