Hitch’s classic, shot inventively on the cheap as the eve of America’s entrance into World War II, follows a factory worker (Robert Cummings) accused of setting a deadly fire at an airplane plant. Thus begins a nationwide pursuit of the man he suspects is the real villain (Norman Lloyd) … only to find a powerful cabal at the end of the line. A taut, entertaining thriller, with scenes written by Dorothy Parker. (U.S., 1942, 108m)
“Hitchcock at his best” –Time
