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Sleep, My Love (1948)
Director: Douglas Sirk
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Though dismissed by Sirk himself, and far from equal to his superb work of the mid to late '50s, this is a fine thriller in the Gaslight mould, with Colbert's demise being planned by her apparently loving husband Ameche. From the opening moments aboard a train rushing through the night, the tension is kept up by taut pacing and Joseph Valentine's expressionist photography, giving rise to a suitably nightmarish evocation of insanity and shifting appearances; while the acting is strong throughout, nowhere more so than a sinister Coulouris as a bogus psychiatrist.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Douglas Sirk
Producer: Charles Rogers, Ralph Cohn
Cast: Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche, Rita Johnson, George Coulouris, Hazel Brooks, Queenie Smith, Keye Luke, Raymond Burr, Ralph Morgan full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 97 mins
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