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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: Unfortunately, RKO cut it almost as badly as The Magnificent Ambersons, which was in production at the same time, and what survives is basically a lot of claustrophobic atmosphere and some fair-to-middling suspense. Read more
TIME Magazine: Welles shows himself a careful student of Alfred Hitchcock, but he falls far short of the Old Master. Read more