Fresh
One of those moderately-budgeted programmers that appear at long intervals to rise far above the level intended.
Variety Staff, Variety
Overview
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
Director and cast
- Fred Zinnemann Director
- Van Heflin as Gordon McKay
- Marsha Hunt as Jane Mitchell
- Lee Bowman as Gerald I. Ladimer
- Samuel S. Hinds as Mayor Daniels
- Cliff Clark as Captain Lynch
- Eddie Quillan as Eddie Wright
- John Litel as Matty
- Cathy Lewis as Bessie Wright (as Catherine Lewis)
- Nella Walker as Mrs. Daniels
- Robert Blake as Boy in Car (uncredited)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
100%
Tomatometer
Fresh
A first-rate job all round.
Theodore Strauss, New York Times
Fresh
Fred Zinnemann's feature debut, a neat, unpretentious and really rather enjoyable whodunit about the hunt for the killer of the town's crusading mayor.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
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