I'd forgotten all about that review, and that I'd commented on it.
Reading back through it, I stand by my own reaction at the time and still think that while his overall assessment is valid, the direction Mark comes at the film from is very odd for an aficionado of classic era cinema.

As an aside, I remain puzzled why this movie has never been commercially released anywhere. Of course I don't know where the rights to it lie, but it's certainly as good as some of the titles included in a few of the Kino Noir sets.

Colin