This 1944 film is one of the few psychological thrillers that is genuinely psychological, depending on subtle clues -- a gesture, an intonation -- to thought and character.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
4 Feb 2014
fresh:
Patrick Hamilton's London stage melodrama, is given an exciting screen treatment by Arthur Hornblow Jr's excellent production starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
20 May 2008
fresh:
Prepare yourselves rather for a lengthy and restless stretch on tenterhooks.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
fresh:
Beautifully filmed in a gloomy, atmospheric black-and-white, Gaslight exhibits all the classic visual elements of '40s film noir.