Lee Remick plays Kelly Sherwood, a bank teller who is terrorized by a mysterious assailant into stealing £100,000 from the bank where she works or her younger sister will be killed. Glenn Ford is the FBI agent leading the hunt to track down the murderous extortionist. Directed by Blake Edwards who delivers a moody and superior late era noir that is full of deep shadows and strange angles. The black-and-white cinematography by Philip H. Lathrop is first class with the whole film augmented by Henry Mancini's downbeat score. Lee Remick is excellent as the bank teller, Glenn Ford is solid as the FBI man and Ross Martin delivers a creepily wheezy turn as the vicious extortionist, Red Lynch. There are a couple of minor flaws in the plot line, but other than that this a good piece of tense, taut noir film-making. ( )