Groucho Marx once quipped, "Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you've got it made."
Van Heflin's two most memorable roles were as uber-sincere men in: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers and Shane.
In The Prowler, on the other hand, Heflin plays a guy who is great at playing the role of or effectively mimicking a sincere man - maybe a self-referential gibe initiated by director Joseph Losey at Van Heflin's screen reputation.
Like most film noir classics, there are flaws. There are bizarre coincidences which would never have happened in real life, for example. But that's film noir - bizarre coincidence is part of the genre.
An entertaining film, well worth seeing.
See the movie here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2H18tQyQgE
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