Today, it's mainly remembered for nabbing Richard Burton a ridiculous Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor -- ridiculous not because he's bad in the film, but ridiculous because he's the lead actor and appears in almost every scene in the picture.

The picture happens to be a mystery, but because it is tied to the wispy conventions of romantic fiction, it never gets on the road.

...a delicious romantic melodrama ruthlessly dissecting the fragility of the male ego that's remembered less for its own merit than the notedness of its cast and crew.

Overwrought melodrama."