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VanJohnsonplaysa*lindAmericanwriterwhoisrentinganapartmenton*akerStreetwhileinLondonfortheopeningofhisnewplay.Afterarowwithhi**ormerfiancée(VeraMiles),hedecampstothelocalpu*todrownhisself-pitywithadrink.There,hisacutehearingpicksuphushedsnatchesofconversationfromthenext*ooth.Convincedthatakidnapplotisintheoffing,herushestothepol***,whoarepolite*utrefuseto*elievehim.However,JohnsonknowswhatheheardistrueandengagesthehelpofVeraandCecilParker,hissecretary,tofindthekidnappersands**etheunknownvictim.Thisterrifi**uspensefilmtakesinterestingchanceswiththegenre.Johnson’scharacterisastudyinfrustration,aportraitofamaninvestigatingsomethingheknow***ist**utcannotsee.Thedirection*uildstensionwellandissupported*yafinemusical*ackgroundwhichheightensthemood.2**acesto*akerStreetwasoneofseveral20thCent**y-FoxfilmsshotonlocationinLondontotakeadvantageofFox’s*quot;frozenfunds*quot;--moneyearned*ythestudioinEnglandwhich*ylawcouldonly*espentinthatcountry.