

The New York Times wrote, "this intended 'chiller' is decidedly soft and lukewarm," whereas Leonard Maltin called it an "Entertaining mystery".

The film made $288,000 in the US and Canada and $260,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $29,000. He believes that someone is hypnotizing different people to commit each murder, but his far-fetched hypothesis leaves the police and Edwina skeptical. Only one victim, socialite Edwina Brown ( Laraine Day), has survived she was rescued by actor Oliver Duffy ( Lew Ayres).Īfter a second attempt on Edwina, Oliver deduces that the crimes are not random.

After six murders, the police identify six suspects, all of whom are lunatics not responsible for the crimes.
