l, Michael O´Hara, in order to live in peace with my God, do freely make the following confession. On August 9th I shot and killed Mr. George Grisby, placing his corpse in the Sausalito Bay.

I believe, thinking about my films, that they are based not so much on pursuit as on a search. If we are looking for something, the labyrinth is the most favorable location for the search. I do not know why, but my films are all for the most part a physical search. — Orson Welles

The film has its weaknesses — many of which may have resulted from the studio’s cuts — but weak Welles still beats almost everything else. — Erik Lundegaard