The Guilty is a 1947 American film noir directed by John Reinhardt, based on Cornell Woolrich's short story "He Looked Like Murder".

The film was produced by oil millionaire Jack Wrather, the husband of lead actress Bonita Granville.

After many months Mike returns to his old neighborhood and goes into Tim McGinnis’ bar to wait for Estelle Mitchell, a woman he hasn't seen since soon after her twin sister Linda was murdered.

As they arrive home, Estelle is waiting for them with an older, possessive man named Alex Tremholt, who has been renting a room at the Mitchells' since the twins were young.

Back in the present, Estelle shows up at McGinnis' and Mike drags her to his old apartment and insinuates that she committed the murder.

The detective reveals that Jake, the apartment janitor, recently found Linda's necklace in the incinerator chute with Mike's fingerprints all over it.

Wrather was on vacation in Los Angeles where he met his old roommate, Castle, who was struggling in Hollywood after World War II.

[1] In a 2004 review film critic Dennis Schwartz gave the film a somewhat positive review, writing, "John Reinhardt economically directs a crisp crime thriller from the screenplay by Robert R. Presnell, Sr. that is based on the short story "He Looked Like Murder" by Cornell Woolrich.

Though the surprise ending is hardly convincing or for that matter original (Robert Siodmak's The Dark Mirror covered the same territory of identical twins in a superior fashion), and the acting was rather stiff, nevertheless this cheapie Monogram flick always kept me interested in the twisty plot and was quite engaging as it adequately covered the film noir conventions of following the dark sides of the main characters.