Most of the film is set in an abandoned house, where enjoyably murky intrigues abound, and the last ten minutes feature a chase sequence with miniatures that is almost as much fun.
The story is practically impossible to follow, the direction is imprecise, and the whole thing is visually dizzying.
40
Time Out
Time Out
There are occasional flourishes that testify to the director's ingenuity and ability - Expressionist lighting, faces looming over spiral staircases, hats blown off in the wind - and Hitch throws in plenty of knockabout English humour, but the plotting is half-baked and the special effects are so crude that they make the back projection in Marnie look like the last word in verisimilitude.
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Variety
Variety
Like the play, the story is vague and, despite its intended eerieness, unconvincing. [02 Aug 1932, p.17]
