A strange little tale that intrigues with its premise but hasn't a very interesting or satisfying conclusion. Out of work for four months, Ida Lupino interviews for a job as caretaker at a palatial estate for a family she's been warned is very eccentric. The manor is empty most of the year with the family out of town, so Lupino doesn't do much except stroll the grounds and investigate rooms. She's also obsessed with the woman who had the job before her--the mysteriously missing Jennifer--who was cousin to the woman who hired her. Curious item from Allied Artists only runs 73 minutes--and doesn't even have enough plot for this brief length! Howard Duff, talking from one side of his mouth as a gangster might, is totally inappropriate as a love-interest for Lupino, who is skittish and curt around men without explanation. Legendary James Wong Howe, of all people, was the cinematographer; he might be the one to blame for a cheat-shot near the climax, which arrives with a lot of questions still unanswered. ** from ****
Review of Jennifer
