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George Steele, an art critic and forgery expert at a Manhattan museum, experiences a bizarre mental breakdown after surviving what he vividly remembers as a terrifying train wreck. When Steele tries to report and talk about the accident, he discovers that no one else remembers it, and police records show no train crash ever happened, leading everyone–and eventually Steele himself–to question his sanity.
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Directed by Irving Reis
Pat O'BrienGeorge Steele
Claire TrevorTerry Cordell
Herbert MarshallTraybin
Ray CollinsDr. Lowell
Wallace FordLt. Cochrane
Dean HarensReynolds
Damian O'FlynnMuseum Curator Stevenson
Erskine SanfordMuseum Director Barton
Mary WareMaryAlex AkimoffMan (Uncredited)John ArdellMan (Uncredited)
Gertrude AstorNagging Wife on Train (Uncredited)Videos
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CinemaSerfJul 7, 2022
If only Irving Reis had cast his net a bit wider when casting his leading man, here - then we could have ended up with a quality, sophisticated crime drama. Sadly, he didn't and we are stuck with a really quite dreary performance from Pat O'Brien as "George", an art critic who finds himself caught up in a train crash (or was it!?) and a well planned, psychologically driven, plot involving art fraud after he had suggested that modern day X-ray techniques be used to verify the… Read more
authenticity of old masters on loan to a museum - including a Gainsborough and a Dürer. Luckily for him, Claire Trevor "Terry" and Herbert Marshall ("Traybin") are on hand to get to the bottom of it. At times it's quite gripping, and the intricacies of the plot - and of the manipulation it suggests, are clever and quite original but it's far too long, and the sagging in the middle is almost hammock-like. Still, the use of sound is effective and the film is certainly worth catching up with with some tea and a bit of carrot cake.