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Bookmark this pageNightmare (1956)
Director: Maxwell Shane
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From Time Out Film Guide
Everyone knows the dream from which you wake up convinced you've committed a murder. Here Kevin McCarthy finds evidence that suggests the nightmare was in fact reality, and brings his detective brother-in-law (Robinson) in to investigate. McCarthy's good at paranoia - remember him in Invasion of the Body Snatchers? - and Robinson is as dependable as ever as the sleuth. The story is by Cornell Woolrich, and the superb noir atmosphere is the work of cinematographer Joseph Biroc. A jumpy jazz score by Herschel Burke tightens the strings on this taut little thriller. Shane had nevertheless filmed the same story before, to greater effect, as a 1947 cheapie, Fear in the Night.Author: MA
Cast & crew
Director: Maxwell Shane
Producer: William C Thomas, Howard Pine
Cast: Edward G Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine, Rhys Williams, Gage Clarke, Marian Carr full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 89 mins
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