This is the classic dark and stormy night film from the forties. A madman escapes from a sanitarium and goes to the house of his rich sister. She enlists him to punish a group of would be heirs to her fortune. The brother lurks around the house, killing some of the people, and the woman stages her own death. Of course, we are dealing with vultures and they are going to go after one another. Naturally, their is one pretty young woman and her straight shooting boyfriend. There is also the obligatory racist portrayal of a black man who goes bananas any time something weird happens. He is the black stereotype of the era and this is disturbing. He is dismissed out of hand in every setting, but, then, he is portrayed as total idiot. It's well done with some real stars and the music works quite well. Ultimately, it is campy and played for laughs.
Review of The Hidden Hand
