
The New York Times wrote, "this intended 'chiller' is decidedly soft and lukewarm," whereas Leonard Maltin called it an "Entertaining mystery". Fingers At The Window - (Movie Clip) You Must Not Forgive Chicago is all-but shut down due to a wave of unsolved axe murders so actor Oliver (Lew Ayres), still in costume, saunters home after his play closed, and a bird-shop owner (Charles Waggenheim) is visited by not-quite seen Basil Rathbone, and Laraine Day happens by, early in MGM’s Fingers At The Window, 1942. The film made $288,000 in the US and Canada and $260,000 elsewhere, making a profit of $29,000. He believes that someone is hypnotizing different people to commit each murder, but his far-fetched hypothesis leaves the police and Edwina skeptical. Only one victim, socialite Edwina Brown (Laraine Day), has survived she was rescued by actor Oliver Duffy (Lew Ayres).Īfter a second attempt on Edwina, Oliver deduces that the crimes are not random.

After six murders, the police identify six suspects, all of whom are lunatics not responsible for the crimes.
