Sudden Fear (1952)

7	Listal rating
7.4	IMDB rating

Directed by

David Miller

Starring (View all)

Myra Hudson

Lester Blaine

Irene Neves

Steve Kearney

Ann Taylor

Junior Kearney

George Chan

Julius the butler

Estelle Etterre

Eve Ralston

Written by (View all)

Lenore J. Coffee

Robert Smith

(screenplay)

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Sudden Fear

2 years, 6 months ago at Nov 19 20:35

JxSxPx

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Sudden Fear was the last of Joan Crawford’s three Best Actress nominations and, outside of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, was one of her last good movies. Sudden Fear frequently ventures into great film noir territory, and it would have stayed there as well if it wasn’t for Crawford’s occasional dips into movie star megalomania. When she commits to the character she is surprisingly effect... read more

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After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middle-aged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her.

Release date : 1 August 1952
UPC: 738329011529

Film Noir (3), San Francisco (2), Thriller (2), Scarves (1), Mistaken Identity (1), Double-cross (1), Car Crash (1), Shadows (1), Murder Plot (1), Femme Fatale (1), Heiress (1), Playwright (1), Theater (1), Gun (1), Actors (1), 1952 (1), Writers (1), Ticking Clock (1), Steep Stairs (1), Tamalpais Apartment Building (1)

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Sudden Fear

“Sudden Fear was the last of Joan Crawford’s three Best Actress nominations and, outside of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, was one of her last good movies. Sudden Fear frequently ventures into great film noir territory, and it would have stayed there as well if it wasn’t for Crawford’s occasional dips into movie star megalomania. When she commits to the character she is surprisingly effective, but there are numerous moments when she slips into movie star posturing, namely when she’s clenching her jaw tightly and pulling her facial muscles to look younger and sexier, that hits a wrong note and tone. She gets to play the victim and victimizer, always a perfect combination for the actress to engage in. (Crawford sure did love to put her characters through some intense emotional BDSM” read more