导演：亨利·哈撒韦 

主演：范·强生 维拉·迈尔斯 西塞尔·帕克 帕特里夏·拉芬 莫瑞斯·德纳姆 

VanJohnsonplaysablindAmericanwriterwhoisrentinganapartmentonBakerStreetwhileinLondonfortheopeningofhisnewplay.Afterarowwithhisformerfiancée(VeraMiles),hedecampstothelocalpubtodrownhisself-pitywithadrink.There,hisacutehearingpicksuphushedsnatchesofconversationfromthenextbooth.Convincedthatakidnapplotisintheoffing,herushestothepolice,whoarepolitebutrefusetobelievehim.However,JohnsonknowswhatheheardistrueandengagesthehelpofVeraandCecilParker,hissecretary,tofindthekidnappersandsavetheunknownvictim.Thisterrificsuspensefilmtakesinterestingchanceswiththegenre.Johnson’scharacterisastudyinfrustration,aportraitofamaninvestigatingsomethingheknowsexistsbutcannotsee.Thedirectionbuildstensionwellandissupportedbyafinemusicalbackgroundwhichheightensthemood.23PacestoBakerStreetwasoneofseveral20thCentury-FoxfilmsshotonlocationinLondontotakeadvantageofFox’s"frozenfunds"--moneyearnedbythestudioinEnglandwhichbylawcouldonlybespentinthatcountry.