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Ahead of its time in its attitude toward unwed motherhood, director Otto Preminger's psychological drama has always gotten the same pro/con reaction that typifies Preminger's career. On the chilly side, it also has a great understated Olivier performance, an effective Paul Glass score and some of the era's best widescreen black-and-white photography. [28 Jan 2005, p.4D]

Remains one of the most estimable mystery movies of its period. [25 Mar 2005, p.D03]

It walks a fascinating line between morbid humor and outright horror, and it consistently defies expectations by resetting them at every possible step. Read full review

As in The Human Factor, Preminger approaches the mystery of human irrationality and emotion through logic and detachment; the effect is stingingly poignant. Read full review

A pleasure to watch from beginning to end. [21 Oct 1965, p.21]

Working in crisp black-and-white, director Preminger, screenwriters John and Penelope Mortimer (adapting Evelyn Piper's novel) and cinematographer Denys Coop do an excellent job of externalizing Anna's heightened neuroses. [10 Feb 2005, p.M24]

A truly compelling psychological suspense story from Otto Preminger. Read full review

What Preminger has achieved is an entertaining, fast-paced exercise in the exploration of a sick mind. Read full review

The movie has its share of logical inconsistencies, although to dwell on them is to ignore its deliberate ambiguities and considerable panache. Read full review

The film’s real charge lies elsewhere—in Preminger’s view of a jolting, disoriented age of rock and roll. Read full review

A brief appearance by The Zombies places the time of the season quite neatly, though London doesn't so much swing as creak eerily. Read full review