very dull, this conveyor belt programmer from MGM does'nt even have decent sets to distract the eye, as was the norm with this plushest of studios. the script is a piffle on a par with a substandard 70's TV sitcom, and badly overextended. powell was always a class act, but MGM had given up on lamarr by 1943, when it was evident wartime audiences were not excited by her lack of charisma. hedy became a 'household word for glamour, but lacking the spark of personality prevented her from becoming a box office star' according to famed film historian leslie halliwell. and with glamour lacking here, she's merely dull. avoid. she was better - just - in h.m. pulham esq., or white cargo even,