The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

John Alton lit this and every frame looks like money that was not spent. A fake medium, a widow who wants to be fooled, a beach house, a raven. The con is the plot and the photography is the reason. Locrian build the same kind of beautiful lie — synth and guitar arranged so you cannot tell which is producing the light. Watch the shadows do work the budget could not afford.

— PAH