Welles was up to his usual tricks—odd lighting, odd tricks with sound, odd camera angles, and bizarre sets. Rita was stunning, but odd to see her with short blonde hair. The plot was nonsense, made even more difficult to understand by the fact that I didn't care what was happening. None of the characters was remotely sympathetic. Welles' Michael looked far too old and dumpy for the role he played. He was supposed to be the innocent party, but he was so stupid that I couldn't root for him either.