gridoon2018 One of Errol Flynn's rare forays into comedy; it's passable, but hardly inspired. Flynn is certainly game, but the film only has one very funny scene: Flynn trying to simulate by voice the 12 strikes of a clock. The pacing is leaden and the mystery killer is rather easy to spot. **1/2 out of 4.

vincentlynch-moonoi Not exactly a comedy, although very funny. Not exactly a drama, but a clever detective story. I liked this movie.Even its beginning is clever. You assume that Errol Flynn is a cat burglar breaking into a house, but no, he's sneaking in late at night to escape his wife discovering him coming in so late. Turns out he's secretly writing mystery novels under a pen name, instead of tending to business at the investment firm. He gets involved in a murder case and ends up being a suspect. But again, the same story could have been told straight with no humor, but this is done with a good dose of laughs. In fact, it's nice to see Errol Flynn in a role where in some scenes he could be so silly.There are some other nice performances here, too. Alan Hale (Sr.) is fine as the detective, and it's always nice to see him in films with Flynn. William Frawley ("I Love Luce") is great as the dumb cop. And Lee Patrick is fine as the dumb burlesque queen.Highly recommended and a great change of pace for Errol Flynn. This could have easily become a serial.

lordhack_99 By that I mean that the actors are pros, the cinematography is superior, the music is excellent, the opening scene under the credits is neat, the underlying idea is very good - and this mess is like watching someone trying to paint a landscape on a bucking horse. Jamming the mysterioso together with a domestic spat can be heavenly if done right - and I had just watched THE THIN MAN. After watching that film, and then this dog's dinner was painful. And I so wanted it to work!! But how can a film go off in three directions in 96 minutes and still bore us?To think that the screenwriters were blacklisted because they were Reds almost begs the idea that they ought to have been blacklisted for stirring up this junk.

jeff a hidden gem, shows the wide variety of skills errol flynn possessed but was not given credit for until much later. errol could really act, he had an excellent comedic touch and really makes this well written mystery a lot of fun. brenda marshall is her usual gorgeous self, shes a dream. the mystery is well crafted and this was good enough that they should have done a sequel. errol was type cast by the studio as a the prototype "super man" and "action hero", which he did better then anyone. what the studio prevented was errol doing comedy and other roles which he was marvelous at. the few comedy roles he was allowed to do in his career are superb. his star was brighter then most, but hidden by studio hacks were many of his varied talents.