Loyal and lovely Ella Raines is “one hep kitten” as she high-heels her way through the noir demimonde, searching for the one woman who can save her boss from a murder rap. Director Robert Siodmak and DP Woody Bredell wring every juicy bit of shadowy mystery from the novel by master of suspense Cornell Woolrich. The film is famous for Elisha Cook Jr.’s manic interlude as a wigged-out jazz drummer in orgiastic frenzy! Producer Joan Harrison (once Alfred Hitchcock’s protégé) announced herself as the most creative female producer in the business with this sleeper hit, a seminal suspense classic that helped launch the noir movement in Hollywood.