Sudden Fear

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Sudden Fear (1952)

NR 08/07/1952 (US) Thriller 1h 52m

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Every Suspenseful Moment... Every Embrace... Every Kiss... A Breathtaking Experience!

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Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a romantic leading man. On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive?

David Miller

Director
Edna Sherry

Novel
Lenore J. Coffee

Screenplay
Robert Smith

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Joan Crawford

Myra Hudson Blaine
Jack Palance

Lester Blaine
Gloria Grahame

Irene Neves
Bruce Bennett

Steve Kearney
Virginia Huston

Ann Taylor
Mike Connors

Junior Kearney
Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller

Reception Guest (uncredited)
Bert Stevens

Opera Patron (uncredited)
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A review by John Chard

70%

Written by John Chard on March 3, 2020

You know what happened to Nietzsche?

Sudden Fear is directed by David Miller and adapted to screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Robert Smith from the novel written by Edna Sherry. It stars Joan Crawford, Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Charles Lang Jr.

"Miss Hudson, in your own native city of San Francisco, there's an art gallery in the Legion of Honor in which there's an oil painting of Casanova. It's quite obvious that you have never seen this painting. For your information, Miss Hudson, this is what Casanova looked like. He had big ea... read the rest.

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