Salah siji kompleks, kadhang kala kak film noir moralisme from Otto Preminger, nggabung diswihké penyalin top Ben Hecht and aktors of the quality of Gene Tierney & Jose Ferrer kanggo mènèhi kehidupan. Itu biasané adoh tuwa kanggo kabèh wong, Preminger lan Tierney nggawe ing "Laura" lan, karo Hecht nindakké kuwi manèh ing laut-code, "Where the Sidewalk Ends" lan Hecht wis dadi psychonalysis to effect in the Hitchcock's "Spellbound". I've as normally subversive little Preming / Hecht took, I detecting of voyeurism and fitism, ding film's gambar gambar gambar gambar.