"Adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father. Stylish cheapie by the recognized master of stylish cheapies." - noir expert Spencer Selby
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Reviewer:BABatson - - August 6, 2009 Subject: Not Silly Pre-Adolescent Fare In those days, youth was afforded more dignity, and they carried themselves accordingly. Here is one to sit back with [someone] on a rainy afternoon; it will not continually drag you down into the mire, like 'Strange Loves of Martha Ivers'. It is well-carried. As a Christian, I have my views of life that take such things as appear here conjointly with his Faith. It disturbs one to see these otherwise fine old films be religion-neutral -- America was not that way until after the 1870s immigrations which brought in them who made America's film industry their own. Before 1865, everyone respected Christian or Jewish or Deist faiths, and God rarely was questioned, remembering though that Carl Marx's 'dialectical materialism' as a movement began circa 1835. But Strange Allusion has nothing to do with religious faith -- and in that, it rather provokes one in the sense of simulating thought. The filming is decent, as is the moral timbre, and not confined to inside-studios but evidently shot 'on location' after the unusual Introduction, about which fear not, for it is not a William Castle (and who is that other guy?) "cheapee" after all ... Three Stars, but solidly so.
Reviewer:Albert Schlef - - July 19, 2009 Subject: Review Well. The ending sequence made me shed a tear or two.
Reviewer:vita45 - - May 11, 2009 Subject: Strangely good! Eerie opening (and closing) sequence is remarkable. Boyish leading man, likable AND deep, with a sixth sense. Good acting, photography, and dialogue. Good suspense. Definitely worth a watch.
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