Idiotic, MORONIC plotting ... let me count the ways (see below)

Rating: 1/10 (9 March 2020)

I'm stunned that in all the reviews of this so-called "classic" film NO ONE questions the ridiculous aspects of this movie plot. Just give an audience "twists and turns" -- and they're happy apparently. Are audiences just mindless idiots?
So the the guy with the mustache kidnapped the girl -- yet he's the guy who hired the P.I. to begin with?? Just think about that for 2 seconds.
If you stole a little girl, would you acquiesce to your wife if she suggested you hire P.I.s to investigate A CRIME YOUR WERE INVOLVED IN?
HECK NO.
Why raise the possibility of being caught -- let alone spend his money on -- hiring a P.I.?
So incredibly stupid.
But ... in terms of plotting, he was person YOU LEAST SUSPECT ... so that's why the audience didn't raise any objection. But they should have raised an objection. I mean, are they brain-dead?
Okay, so police chief, Jack Doyle, was the man holding the child? The man whose LOST HIS JOB investigating this same case.
Are we supposed to believe that? How realistic is this? Does the child not go to school? Does no one SEE that something is amiss here? No one can just a conceal a child from the world like that. Not nowadays. Ridiculous.
This movie is complete swiss cheese. One ridiculous plot twist after another. Give the people what they want, I guess. Mindless entertainment. Absolute stupid film. BUT NO ONE SEEMS TO SEE IT. This is what baffles me.