A young man is haunted by the murder of a neighborhood pawn broker and hounded by the local police inspector who suspects that he is guilty..
Should you watch this? Only if you like watching a man slowly unravel in real-time. If you need explosions or a fast-paced plot, you are going to be bored to tears. But if you want to see Peter Lorre act like he's about to explode from pure nerves, well, pull up a chair. It’s a heavy, gray movie. Everything feels like...
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"Should you watch this? Only if you like watching a man slowly unravel in real-time. If you need explosions or a fast-paced plot, you are going to be bored to tears. But if you want to see Peter Lorre act like he's about to explode from pure nerves, well, pull up a chair. It’s a heavy, gray movie. Everything feels like it’s happening in a room that's a few sizes too small. Lorre plays Raskolnikov—though they call him Roderick here—and honestly, nobody does 'haunted' quite like him. His eyes are ..."
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