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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 75% of the 660 1950s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Prime and Tubi.
Synopsis
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who stalks the home of a married woman.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 29 points higher than audiences do.
97 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph LoseyDirector
- Hugo ButlerScreenplay
- Dalton TrumboScreenplay
- Lyn MurrayOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Van HeflinWebb Garwood
- Evelyn KeyesSusan Gilvray
- John MaxwellBud Crocker
- Katherine WarrenGrace Crocker
- Emerson TreacyWilliam Gilvray
- Madge BlakeMartha Gilvray
- Wheaton ChambersDoctor James
- Robert OsterlohCoroner
- Sherry HallJohn Gilvray
- Louise LorimerMotel Manager
- Dalton TrumboJohn Gilvray's Voice (voice) (uncredited)
- Bess FlowersSpectator at Coroner's Inquest (uncredited)
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Themes
sociopathlos angeles, californiapregnant womanradio show hostprowlerillicit affairmurder plotmurder by gunshotperfect murdergetting away with murderimpotent husbandmanipulated woman