"A fairly faithful transposition of the FritzLang classic from Berlin to downtown Los Angeles. However, Losey and hiscollaborators, unlike Lang, insist on the social determination of even theinnermost demons." (TA, NB) David Wayne, in an extraordinary performance,plays a child killer who is hunted by both the police and the mob. Less alien andmore sympathetic than Lang's murderer, his dark acts are mirrored by thedestructive impulses of the "ordinary" people eager to lynch him."M is a marvelous, frightening film, years ahead of its time°.The policemanin The Prowler and the murderer in M are flawed men, driven to their owndestruction by an unwholesome society that they inadequately comprehend."(David Thomson, Biographical Dictionary of Films) Blacklisted, Waldo Salt wroteanonymously and under pseudonyms for films and TV. Although Losey movedpermanently to England to avoid a HUAC subpoena, he too was blacklisted.