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5 July 1951 (USA) morePlot:
Paroled sociopath career criminal Vincent Lubeck betrays his family's trust when he masterminds a complex armored car robbery. full summary | add synopsisNewsDesk:
More Noir! "I Wake Up Dreaming" Stays Extra 6 Days!(From JustPressPlay. 27 May 2009, 4:06 PM, PDT)
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An entertaining example of B 2nd features... more (13 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Lawrence Tierney | ... | Vincent Lubeck |
| Allene Roberts | ... | Rosa |
| Marjorie Riordan | ... | Eileen |
| Lisa Golm | ... | Mrs. Lubeck |
| Edward Tierney | ... | Johnny Lubeck |
| Stuart Randall | ... | Police Lt. Burdick |
 | Angela Stevens | ... | Christie Lang (as Ann Zika) |
| John De Simone | ... | Marty Connell |
| Tom Hubbard | ... | Police Sgt. Schmidt |
| Eddie Foster | ... | Mickey Sessions |
| O.Z. Whitehead | ... | Breckenridge |
| Richard Barron | ... | Eddie Bright |
| Rudy Rama | ... | Harry Hill |
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Rated PG for violence and thematic elements. (2005 re-issue)Parents Guide:
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A new print has been made of this film which received its premiere at the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences on 21 May 1999. moreQuotes:
Vincent Lubeck: Ma, the Bible gives you 70 years to live. The insurance companies tell you it's 65. The big companies tell you that after 40 years you can't make a buck. Well, I haven't got far to go. When you die, you're a long time dead.Mrs. Lubeck: And when you are in jail, are you alive?
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This is typical but quite entertaining B movie fare. Well, not completely typical because the main character of such fare is generally more sympathetic than Lawrence Tierney is here. He's a guy you love to hate as he gets paroled thanks to his sweet and loving mother and then proceeds to be a total heel, raping and impregnating his sister-in-law, robbing a bank and just an overall not-nice guy. He doesn't even evoke sympathy at his dying mother's bedside and that's one of the perverse charms of the film. The ending in a dump is quite satisfying and prompts a feeling of good riddance to bad rubbish. This is a typically short little B film, cheaply made, ludicrous at times, but fun to watch and one which will be appreciated by fans of 40's and 50's 2nd features.