Shadow on the Wall

A murder is witnessed by the victim's little daughter (Gigi Perreau), who immediately goes into a state of shock. All the girl has seen is the shadow of her mother's killer, but the audience knows that the murderer is Ann Sothern. At first Sothern is secure that the girl will never be able to ...more

A fairly gripping little murder thriller, Shadow on the Wall derives a lot of its impact not from figuring out "who did it" -- which is made clear early on -- but in finding out whether the murderer will succeed again. Shadow's screenplay has its problems, among them some implausible situations and the usual ridiculous depiction of psychological treatment that is typical in motion pictures, but it overcomes these flaws with its premise and with the effective manner in which it lets the story ...more