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Director:
Roy Rowland
Writer:
Chester Erskine (writer)
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Release Date:
15 April 1954 (USA) more
Tagline:
THE SUSPENSE SHOCK OF THE YEAR! more
Plot:
Barbara Stanwyck sees a murder through her bedroom window, but no one will believe her. She is stalked... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Barbara Stanwyck ... Cheryl Draper
George Sanders ... Albert Richter
Gary Merrill ... Police Lt. Lawrence Mathews
Jesse White ... Police Sgt. Eddie Vincent
Harry Shannon ... Police Capt. Donnelly
Claire Carleton ... Mae - the blonde in mental ward
Lewis Martin ... Hospital psychiatrist
Dick Elliott ... Apartment building manager
Harry Tyler ... Charlie
Juanita Moore ... Hospital worker
Joy Hallward ... Cheryl's co-worker
Adeline De Walt Reynolds ... Old lady in hospital
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Additional Details

Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.75 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)

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Goofs:
Continuity: When the police confront Cheryl Draper with the second letter she supposedly typed (with her typewriter present, to prove it matches), it isn't in the typeface of the letter we saw Richter retype on her typewriter, but in the quite different typeface of his original typing. more
Movie Connections:
References "Dragnet" (1951) more
Soundtrack:
Nowhere Blues more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Great movie, 13 January 2007
10/10
Author: Elaine from United States

I just saw this today, also thanks to TCM. It was well-paced and very believable and kept my interest throughout. Stanwyck, Merrill and Sanders were all superb, as were the minor roles well-played. Barbara is one of my very favorite actresses, always bringing professionalism and passion to the roles she played. You just imagined her with a backbone of steel, a perfect feminist heroine, most especially in her later roles. There is not a wasted moment in this film, and I particularly liked the first scene with the windy backdrop, adding an air of foreboding to what was unfolding. NO ONE plays a villain better than George Sanders, and he gives his usual splendid portrayal in this film.

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