Regie:
Rudolph MatéCamera:
Joseph WalkerMuziek:
George DuningActeurs:
William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens, Stephen Dunne, Lois Maxwell, Berry Kroeger, Steven Geray, Robert Osterloh, Ellen Corby, Charles Cane (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
In this faithful remake of Blind Alley (1939), psychoanalyst Andrew Collins (Lee J. Cobb), his wife, his son, and some friends are taken hostage by escaped murderer Al Walker (William Holden) and his gang, including girlfriend Betty (Nina Foch). Collins, an advocate of rehabilitating criminals through psychiatry, induces his captor to talk about himself through the course of the night. By calmly and methodically piecing together the strands of the killer's unconscious motivation, Collins rids Walker of his literally murderous rage and prevents a massacre. Shrinks who practice in the noir universe are frequently painted as absurdly omnipotent. When not using their power for evil, like Dr. Cross (Vincent Price) in Aubrey Schenck's Shock (1949), they may be capable, like the benign Dr. Collins, of miracle cures. A more complex depiction of an unrealistically powerful, but ambiguously motivated, psychiatrist can be seen in Joseph Losey's The Sleeping Tiger (1954). In that British film, Dr. Clive Esmond (Alexander Knox) cures a criminal in a few short months but destroys his own marriage in the process. (officiële tekst van distribiteur)
(meer)Acteurs
William Holden
USA
Beste films:
De brug over de rivier Kwai (1957)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Wolkenkrabber in Vlammen (1974)
Nina Foch
Nederland
Beste films:
Prescription: Murder (1968) (Tv-film)
Spartacus (1960)
De tien Geboden (1956)
Lee J. Cobb
USA
Beste films:
12 Angry Men (1957)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Adele Jergens
USA
Beste films:
The Sound of Fury (1950)
Fallen Angel (1945)
Show Boat (1951)
Stephen Dunne
USA
Beste films:
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
Shock (1946)
The Dark Past (1948)
Lois Maxwell
Canada
Beste films:
Goldfinger (1964)
From Russia with Love (1963)
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Berry Kroeger
USA
Beste films:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (serie)
Act of Violence (1948)
Gun Crazy (1950)
Steven Geray
Oostenrijk-Hongarije
Beste films:
All About Eve (1950)
Vreemde ontmoeting (1950)
Gilda (1946)
Robert Osterloh
USA
Beste films:
Inherit the Wind (1960)
White Heat (1949)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Ellen Corby
USA
Beste films:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Vertigo (1958)
Sabrina (1954)
Charles Cane
USA
Beste films:
The Killing (1956)
Vreemde ontmoeting (1950)
The Big Heat (1953)
Robert B. Williams
USA
Beste films:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
Een hoekje van de hemel (1965)
Sam Harris
Australië
Beste films:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Lester Dorr
USA
Beste films:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Bittere lauweren (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
Mary Gordon
Groot Brittanië
Beste films:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
It Started with Eve (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Edward Earle
Canada
Beste films:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Beste films:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
Cosmo Sardo
USA
Beste films:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
Selmer Jackson
USA
Beste films:
Love Crazy (1941)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Sudden Fear (1952)
Wilton Graff
USA
Beste films:
Lust for Life (1956)
Compulsion (1959)
Reign of Terror (1949)