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The untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.The untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.The untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.
Max Showalter
- Larry Evans
- (as Casey Adams)
Alexander D'Arcy
- Robin Ray
- (as Alex D'Arcy)
Robert Adler
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames
- Café Photographer
- (uncredited)
Parley Baer
- 2nd Detective
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Milkman
- (uncredited)
Ethel Bryant
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Harry Carter
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Russ Conway
- Detective
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaIs a nearly scene-for-scene remake of the film I Wake Up Screaming (1941) with Victor Mature and Betty Grable.
- Quotes
Steve Christopher: Slug me with those, Cornell, and I'll square you off if it takes me the rest of my life.
Lt. Ed Cornell: You're not gonna have a very long life, Stevie. You're like a rat in a box, without any holes. But they're gonna make a hole for you...six by three, filled with quicklime.
- ConnectionsFeatures Laura (1944)
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Was TCF Running Out of Ideas
Cheaply produced remake of TCF's I Wake Up Screaming (1941). That's surprising since Fox was a big-budget, glamor studio, at a time too when production was turning to elaborate color films because of TV. Nonetheless, the b&w sets are uniformly drab, even when supposedly upscale. The visuals could really use more noir to spice up the drab. So who did kill heartlessly successful model Vicki (Peters). Seems like a lot of people had reasons, including cop Boone and sister Crain.
Film suffers from bland leading man Reid who unsurprisingly went from here to TV, and from Boone who's much better at being mean than being love sick—catch that last scene, one I expect the actor would just as soon forget. Future TV mogul Spelling also gets a big histrionic opportunity. At least he doesn't look like Hollywood. My guess is that director Horner is not at his best when coaching actors.
It's a complex plot with a lot of cross-currents, erratically worked out. Maybe the most interesting is Boone's anger at Reid for promoting hash house waitress Peters into the fashionable world of high-class modeling. Now she's literally out of Boone's class and Reid is to blame. So now cop Boone doesn't care who killed Peters, just as long as he gets even with "pretty boy" Reid. I don't think they taught that at the Police Academy.
Too bad the overlong screenplay wasn't pared down to eliminate the many dead spots, or that an A-list director wasn't put in charge. And too bad the production values don't measure up. But perhaps most unfortunate, it looks like a demotion for the under-rated Jeanne Crain after a number of A-films. But, it's 1953 and studios are cutting high-priced contract players, so I guess it's not surprising that the lovely Crain, who's the one bright spot in this film, left TCF after finishing here. Anyway, the movie itself amounts to an inferior re-make, unless you enjoy occasional camp.
Film suffers from bland leading man Reid who unsurprisingly went from here to TV, and from Boone who's much better at being mean than being love sick—catch that last scene, one I expect the actor would just as soon forget. Future TV mogul Spelling also gets a big histrionic opportunity. At least he doesn't look like Hollywood. My guess is that director Horner is not at his best when coaching actors.
It's a complex plot with a lot of cross-currents, erratically worked out. Maybe the most interesting is Boone's anger at Reid for promoting hash house waitress Peters into the fashionable world of high-class modeling. Now she's literally out of Boone's class and Reid is to blame. So now cop Boone doesn't care who killed Peters, just as long as he gets even with "pretty boy" Reid. I don't think they taught that at the Police Academy.
Too bad the overlong screenplay wasn't pared down to eliminate the many dead spots, or that an A-list director wasn't put in charge. And too bad the production values don't measure up. But perhaps most unfortunate, it looks like a demotion for the under-rated Jeanne Crain after a number of A-films. But, it's 1953 and studios are cutting high-priced contract players, so I guess it's not surprising that the lovely Crain, who's the one bright spot in this film, left TCF after finishing here. Anyway, the movie itself amounts to an inferior re-make, unless you enjoy occasional camp.
- dougdoepke
- Nov 25, 2009
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- Also known as
- Şöhret kurbanı
- Filming locations
- Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, USA(an opening sequence shows Circus Gardens, which opened in Ocean Park in 1953)
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- Budget
- $560,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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