the woman because she was insignificant to him and he did not want his future wealth to be threatened. However, because she is officially labeled insane by the police and has no credibility, he does not fear admitting anything to her. Albert later returns to her home with a purported suicide note wherein Cheryl says she will kill herself, and he tries to push her out of her window. Just as he is about to throw her out, a policewoman buzzes at the door and Cheryl flees. She is pursued by Albert, as well as the police, who think she is suicidal. Cheryl runs up a high-rise that is under construction, and gets to the top and is cornered by Albert, and he pushes her off the tower. There are a few construction planks below the precipice onto which she falls and is saved. Lawrence arrives and Albert attempts to push him off as well, but after a brief struggle, it is Albert who falls to his death. Lawrence rescues Cheryl and the police now come to believe her story. Cast Barbara Stanwyck as Cheryl Draper George Sanders as Albert Richter Gary Merrill as Police Lt. Lawrence "Larry" Mathews, also a law student at night school Jesse White as Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent Harry Shannon as Police Capt. Donnelly Claire Carleton as May, The Blonde and a mental patient Lewis Martin as Psychiatrist Dick Elliott as Apartment Manager Harry Tyler as Charlie Juanita Moore as Black Woman - Mental Patient Joy Hallward as Fellow Worker Adeline De Walt Reynolds as The Old Lady Claude Akins as Police Officer on guard at the murder victim's apartment (uncredited) Sam Edwards as Tommy - Counterman Critical response The New York Times found the film a "sensitively executed but hardly inspired exercise in premeditated murder....the tension inherent in the search for a murderer is largely lacking in this adventure, which exposes him at the outset to the witness of the title and the audience." The Brooklyn Eagle described the film as a "crime thriller [that] uses effectively the cat-and-mouse technique to tighten tension. As an excitement-creator, it's above average....There are holes in the story, but it's exciting enough to make anyone disregard them." Columnist Jimmie Fidler opined that "Director Roy Rowland has concentrated the story development on suspense, and every foot of the film yields something to that effort" and that all three principal