Yeah, I caught it on PBS last week, too. I'd seen the last part, including the trick ending, but never the whole thing, yet did my darndest to forget all this while watching the film, which I enjoyed immensely. Power seemed weak in the lead, though, yet on the IMDB discussion boards on the movie some people pointed out that this is intentional on the character's part (I don't want to spoil the plot here), in which case I guess he was okay.

The real stars of the movie are Laughton and Dietrich, and they did not disappoint. Laughton pretty much stole the show, and though he was his hammy self he restrained himself somewhat, more than usual, it seemed. Henry Daniell, a more restrained actor to begin with, seemed especially low key in this one, to the point of making it easy to forget that it was Daniell. Elsa Lanchester was wonderful as always. A very enjoyable movie, if it falls somewhat short of being a true classic I think that its "low budget" (IMO) look hurts it somewhat. It wasn't an attractive movie to look at, which is odd since Billy Wilder's movies generally were (think Sunset Blvd and Some Like It Hot). Something was a little off where the "visuals" were concerned,--maybe the lighting, maybe the sets, or a combination of the two--but it was otherwise a delight.