Sudden Fear (1952)
Country: US
Technical: bw 111m
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Synopsis:
An actor settles a score with the playwright who rejected him for a role by romancing her and plotting with his girlfriend against her.
Review:
Imposing psychological thriller after the manner of Sorry Wrong Number and in a line with Les Diaboliques and Taste of Fear. A leisurely first half gives way to some neat directorial touches (a swinging pendulum's shadow, a clockwork dog) and bravura expanses of silent-film acting from Crawford, as thoughts take shape in her mind. There is some daring detail for the time: the star rushing to the bathroom to vomit, the impression of Palance's head on the pillow next to hers; she wears no clothes in bed.
Country: US
Technical: bw 111m
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Synopsis:
An actor settles a score with the playwright who rejected him for a role by romancing her and plotting with his girlfriend against her.
Review:
Imposing psychological thriller after the manner of Sorry Wrong Number and in a line with Les Diaboliques and Taste of Fear. A leisurely first half gives way to some neat directorial touches (a swinging pendulum's shadow, a clockwork dog) and bravura expanses of silent-film acting from Crawford, as thoughts take shape in her mind. There is some daring detail for the time: the star rushing to the bathroom to vomit, the impression of Palance's head on the pillow next to hers; she wears no clothes in bed.
Country: US
Technical: bw 111m
Director: David Miller
Cast: Joan Crawford, Jack Palance, Gloria Grahame
Synopsis:
An actor settles a score with the playwright who rejected him for a role by romancing her and plotting with his girlfriend against her.
Review:
Imposing psychological thriller after the manner of Sorry Wrong Number and in a line with Les Diaboliques and Taste of Fear. A leisurely first half gives way to some neat directorial touches (a swinging pendulum's shadow, a clockwork dog) and bravura expanses of silent-film acting from Crawford, as thoughts take shape in her mind. There is some daring detail for the time: the star rushing to the bathroom to vomit, the impression of Palance's head on the pillow next to hers; she wears no clothes in bed.