Experiment Perilous

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Experiment Perilous

1944,

1h 31m,

Mystery & Thriller

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When psychiatrist Hunt Bailey (George Brent) encounters elderly Clarissa "Cissie" Bedereaux (Olive Blakeney) during a violent storm in 1903, his unusual relationship with the strange Bedereaux family begins. Suspicious of Cissie's sudden death and bewitched by a painting he sees of Allida (Hedy Lamarr), the gorgeous but troubled wife of Nick Bedereaux (Paul Lukas), Hunt sets out to discover if Allida is really insane, as her husband claims -- or if Nick is the disturbed one.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Aug 10, 2022

The densely layered plot doesn’t always add up, but in the end that enhances the sense of mystery, which Tourneur sees not as some narrative puzzle to be solved but as an irreducible aspect of human experience.

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Alberto Abuín

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Sep 4, 2019

It captivates and proposes a very curious mix of drama, romance and suspense. [Full Review in Spanish]

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

Feb 1, 2012

Highly atmospheric thriller.

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Nick Davis

Nick's Flick Picks

Jan 17, 2010

B-

I wish that the strongest passages of Experiment Perilous were more representative of the film's overall achievements. It's practically an essay in the boons and the perils of starting off wonderfully.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Jul 20, 2009

B-

Tourneur's well crafted suspense thriller about a scary husband menacing his wife (Hedy Lamarr) bears thematic resemblance to the far superior Gaslight, by George Cukor, for which Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Oct 24, 2008

B-

Elegant mystery melodrama.

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Kylo R

Jul 13, 2018

Me encanta el estilo de Tournaur.

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Jacques Tourneur

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Hedy Lamarr

Allida Bederaux

George Brent

Dr. Huntington Bailey

Paul Lukas

Nick Bederaux

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Synopsis

When psychiatrist Hunt Bailey (George Brent) encounters elderly Clarissa "Cissie" Bedereaux (Olive Blakeney) during a violent storm in 1903, his unusual relationship with the strange Bedereaux family begins. Suspicious of Cissie's sudden death and bewitched by a painting he sees of Allida (Hedy Lamarr), the gorgeous but troubled wife of Nick Bedereaux (Paul Lukas), Hunt sets out to discover if Allida is really insane, as her husband claims -- or if Nick is the disturbed one.

Director: Jacques Tourneur
Producer: Warren Duff, Robert Fellows
Screenwriter: Warren Duff
Distributor: RKO Radio Pictures
Production Co: RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 18, 1944, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m

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