The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage mentalist Triton starts having terrifying flashes of true precognition. Now years later, he desperately tries to prevent tragedies in the Courtland family.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
48 audience votes
Key crew
- John FarrowDirector
- Victor YoungOriginal Music Composer
- Jonathan LatimerScreenplay
- Barré LyndonScreenplay
Cast
- Edward G. RobinsonJohn Triton
- Gail RussellJean Courtland
- John LundElliott Carson
- Virginia BruceJenny
- William DemarestLt. Shawn
- Richard WebbPeter Vinson
- Jerome CowanWhitney Courtland
- Onslow StevensDr. Walters
- John AlexanderMr. Gilman
- Roman BohnenSpecial Prosecutor Melville Weston
- Luis van RootenMr. Myers
- Henry GuttmanButler
Stills
Themes
precognitionseerfilm noirwarningvisionfateheiress