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Phantom Lady Reviews
The first half of this striking film noir is phenomenal, but it’s not too difficult to figure out the killer even before he’s revealed at the film’s halfway point.
Apart from its relative humorlessness, Phantom Lady is enough like a Hitchcock picture to justify your seeing it if you think you would like to see human misconduct exacting its inevitable and logical price.
[Harrison] knows, in fact, all the tricks to bring an audience's blood pressure to the boiling point of excitement.
It's a whodunit mystery melange, which definitely had me guessing—guessing as to what the film was all about.
Phantom Lady has more obvious affectations in style than the earlier film [Shadow of a Doubt], but maintains its suspense more evenly and more relentlessly so that there is scarcely a minute lost in which an audience can unclench its teeth.
Miss Harrison's done very well in her first start.
The suspected husband role is smoothly played by Alan Curtis, and Ella Raines is lovely and sympathy-inspiring in her part.
Joan Harrison, the producer, has become famous overnight in Hollywood for the making of Phantom Lady.
Phantom Lady may not be pure Hitchcock, but it's a crisp imitation, a moody, flinty mystery bathed in soupy suspense.
American murder mystery, which sometimes seems to have ideas above its station. The acting, though, restores the balance.
The director has profited by Alfred Hitchcock's method of establishing a suspenseful mood at the beginning of the picture and sustaining it throughout the development of the screen story.
Mood is assured by virtue of the fact that all of the action, except for one brief street scene and a courtroom sequence, takes place at night. That the mysterious killer is a psychopathic intellectual also helps.
This is a very well-done mystery yarn, altering the proceedings by having the real criminal known to the audience through most of its length.
A remarkable achievement...
Ella Raines has been creeping up in stardom for some time. In this picture she reaches her goal.
Phantom Lady may be tedious at times, but it comes off with some share of entertainment.
It is a suspense-filled, well-directed, and exciting murder mystery.
Phantom Lady is psychological drama at its best. It has atmosphere. It has an intensity that is held throughout. It has a fine cast. In short, you'll want to see it.
Ella Raines does an excellent job as the sleuthing secretary.
It's well woven and well executed, and except for a few spots, it's believable.