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I Wake Up Screaming

Play trailer Poster for I Wake Up Screaming 1941,  1h 22m,  Crime/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 86% 7 Reviews Tomatometer 68% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
86% Tomatometer 7 Reviews 68% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Glamorous starlet Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) is murdered, and the cops want to pin the killing on her manager, fast-talking Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature). But the more Vicky's sensible sister, Jill (Betty Grable), finds out about Frankie, the less she suspects him of the crime. As Jill and Frankie fall in love, the detective in charge of the case (Laird Cregar) develops a morbid obsession with punishing Frankie, leading to a shocking conclusion.

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Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Jul 7, 2020
3.5/5
By restructuring the footage and playing around with it in this way, O'Neill presents a guide to the construction of terror... Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Seanax.com Jan 28, 2017
... not just one of the great movie titles of classic cinema, it is one of the films that established the distinctive style and attitude of film noir... Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena Sep 11, 2006
2/5
Representando um dos primeiros passos do cinema noir, um filme que, apesar da boa presena de Cregar, mostra-se irregular em seu tom e que tropea, tambm, na performance frgil de Mature. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 14, 2005
4/5
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Dec 19, 2004
B
Marvelously sinister performance by Laird Cregar. Go to Full Review
Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Sep 23, 2003
4/5
Superior thriller from an underrated director. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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H. Bruce Humberstone

Director

Betty Grable

Jill Lynn

Victor Mature

Frankie Christopher

Carole Landis

Vicky Lynn

Laird Cregar

Ed Cornell

William Gargan

Jerry MacDonald

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I Wake Up Screaming

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Movie Info

Synopsis Glamorous starlet Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) is murdered, and the cops want to pin the killing on her manager, fast-talking Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature). But the more Vicky's sensible sister, Jill (Betty Grable), finds out about Frankie, the less she suspects him of the crime. As Jill and Frankie fall in love, the detective in charge of the case (Laird Cregar) develops a morbid obsession with punishing Frankie, leading to a shocking conclusion.
Director
H. Bruce Humberstone
Producer
Milton Sperling
Screenwriter
Dwight Taylor
Distributor
20th Century Fox
Production Co
Twentieth Century Fox
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 31, 1941, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 30, 2016
Runtime
1h 22m
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