José Ferrer’s performance here could very possibly be my favorite; he plays the hypnotist brought in to help "Ann" (Gene Tierney). She struggles with kleptomania, and she and her doctor husband, "William" (Richard Conte), are set on uncovering any past events that might be causing this behavior. It's not as though they’re struggling financially or that she needs the items she takes... Regardless, the obviously scheming "Korvo" (Ferrer) finds a way to insert himself into their lives and offers his services. Suddenly, she awakens to find a body on the nearby sofa. Could she have been responsible for someone's death? She doesn’t know, and policeman "Colton" (Charles Bickford) isn’t persuaded by the increasingly unbelievable explanations offered by a husband who is desperate to clear his wife’s name. We begin to get some sense of what happened and why – but it also becomes apparent that proving anything will be very challenging, even if the police and "Dr. Sutton" manage to find any evidence pointing toward the truth. Otto Preminger unfolds the story deliberately, and Ben Hecht's restrained script allows the characters to develop in a rather fascinating way, leading up to what is, truthfully, a quite unsatisfactory ending. For most of its length, though, it’s a psychological thriller that surpasses the average, exploring the early stages of psychology both as a medical field and as a means for solving crimes.

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