Film Forum

(1965, Otto Preminger) Carol Lynley’s suspenseful search for her missing daughter – but does she exist? – is aided by doubting brother Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey) and inspector Laurence Olivier. London location shooting and a memorable study-in-perversion cameo by Noël Coward – and The Zombies! DCP. 107 minutes.

Reviews

“Preminger approaches the mystery of human irrationality and emotion through logic and detachment; the effect is stingingly poignant. One of his most darkly poetic and wrenching films, a reflective mid-60s return to the ghostly film noir style he developed at Fox in the 40s.”
– Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader

“The cast alone is worth the price of admission.”
– Leslie Halliwell

“The film’s charge lies in Preminger’s view of a jolting, disoriented age of rock and roll. The mental chaos of the time is reflected in the behavior of the local solipsistic eccentrics (including a randy raconteur, played by Noël Coward), the nightmarish images, the backdrop of student protest and political crisis, and the frenzied soundtrack, which features the music of the Zombies.”
– Richard Brody, The New Yorker

“A shimmering post- Noir Film Noir and the last fully assured work of Preminger’s career… a rare display indulging himself in rococo virtuosity.”
– Foster Hirsch