A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside..


Is it worth your time? If you like old black-and-white detective stories, yes. It's a brisk watch that doesn't waste time with unnecessary fluff. If you hate movies where people stand around talking in rooms for forty minutes, stay away. This is pure dialogue and deduction. The whole setup is one of those classic impo...
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"Is it worth your time? If you like old black-and-white detective stories, yes. It's a brisk watch that doesn't waste time with unnecessary fluff. If you hate movies where people stand around talking in rooms for forty minutes, stay away. This is pure dialogue and deduction. The whole setup is one of those classic impossible crimes. A girl is dead inside a room, and the doors are locked from the inside. How? Why? I spent half the movie trying to figure out the trick before they even revealed it...."
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