George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London, who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Due to this stress, he gets black outs when ever he hears dissonances. When he finds himself after the black out in a different quarter of the town, he returns home, to read in the paper that somebody in that quarter was murdered. Asking help from a doctor at Scotland Yard he is assured that he has nothing to do with it, but he is advised to cut back in his work and get some relaxation like other, ordinary people. At a cheap musical he meets Netta, a singer, who inspires him for a new motive for his concerto. But Netta discovers that this motive could also be used as a song for her. The song gets sold, and she hangs around George to get more songs out of him. George believes that Netta is in love with him, and gets in an argument with his girlfriend Barbara, the daughter of Lord Henry, who wants the concerto for one of his souares. George has another black out, ...
6.5，一部简短的黑色电影，表演不错
3.5星，没什么悬疑，从一开始观众其实就已经知道了，只不过男主角自己不自知，这样的剧情安排是典型的黑色电影套路，不是让观众跟着破案而是让观众跟着男主角一起“堕入黑暗”。音乐和暹罗猫即是男主角的心理暗示又是推进剧情的重要媒介。ps克雷加最好的角色，达内尔的蛇蝎美女也令人刮目。。。
George Harvey Bone is a composer in early 20th century London who is under stress because he is writing a piano concerto. Due to this stress he gets black outs when ever he hears dissonances. When he finds himself after the black out in a different quarter of the town he returns home to read in the paper that somebody in that quarter was murdered. Asking help from a doctor ...
关于精神疾病的分析无，处理内特的尸体手法堪称完美，但作案手法有漏洞。结局加分，现场弹奏背景音乐，在亦扬亦挫的琴声中葬身火海，有被震撼到。
不太黑色，战后好莱坞的一些特征，影片视听上保有印象派的主观镜头以及印象派调度与视觉风格，以及诡异配乐的心理暗示。
