Men battling in a haze of gas as a heist goes wrong. Robert Siodmak’s films—especially the superb noirs he directed in Hollywood—are full of striking scenes, often shot with a bleak ...

The Spiral Staircase (RKO-Radio), a murder mystery, knowingly paced by Director Robert Siodmak and shrewdly acted by an expert cast, including Ethel Barrymore, is choice, eerie entertainment.