"In his book The American Cinema, critic Andrew Sarris listed John Cromwell in the Lightly Likable category. Sarris meant this as a mild put-down of the 'formal deficiencies' in Cromwell's films, so don't get the idea that there's anything light about pictures such as Of Human Bondage [1934] and The Goddess [1958]. There's plenty of darkness in Dead Reckoning, too, which is natural for a 1947 mystery thriller from film noir's golden age. Sarris also wrote that the motto of Cromwell's cinema is cherchez la femme, but while it's true that he worked well with female stars, the most memorable face in Dead Reckoning belongs to Humphrey Bogart, not Lizabeth Scott although the riddle that keeps the movie clicking is whether Scott's character is a femme fatale, or just a femme caught up in events none of the characters can control. ..."
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