Joan crawford, jack palance, gloria grahame, bruce bennett. Sudden fear is a 1952 american film noir thriller directed by david miller, and starring joan crawford and jack palance in a tale about a successful woman who marries a murderous man. Sudden fear 1952 film noir, thriller after an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middleaged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her. Sudden fear 1952 was a film noir thrillersuspense film directed by david miller and produced by joan crawford and joe kaufmann. In many ways this is a silent film and crawford, coming of age during the silent era, reprises her silent self masterfully during the final third of the film. The greatest show on earth won the academy award for best picture. February 18, 1919 november 10, 2006 was an american actor of ukrainian descent. This story about an actors sick revenge and a woman dreadfully duped was released in 1952. In this rediscovered masterpiece of film noir, joan crawford plays a successful playwright who marries a mediocre actor jack palance with a troubling secret. Financial analysis of sudden fear 1952 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Tight opening from director david miller, jack palance is actor lester blaine, impressing everyone in rehearsal except joan crawford, as playwright and financier myra, persuading her lieutenants taylor holmes, lewis martin to let him go, from sudden fear, also starring gloria grahame. Every kiss a breathtaking experience myra hudson crawford is a successful broadway playwright who rejects lester blaine palance as the lead in her new play. In order to survive a double dose of femmehomme fatale scheming you need a noir game plan as tight as joan crawfords in the gripping thriller sudden fear 1952.
The film is similarly slick through the first hour, until it divulges its big twist right before the halfway point. Joan crawford plays a successful and wealthy playwright who falls in love and marries jack pa1ance. By 1952 crawford had still not quite yet slipped into her forbidding latecareer. Elissa mamadou, trinh sira, loyal jeanee references. Meet online to discuss the 1952 film, sudden fear, starring joan crawford, jack palance and gloria grahame. Read the full synopsis of sudden fear, 1952, directed by david miller, with joan crawford, jack palance, gloria grahame, at turner classic movies.
A glossy, wellpaced thriller with plenty of suspense. The previous 1999 dvd release was slightly altered. She soon discovers that he not only married her for money but that he plans to murder her with the help of his lover gloria grahame. Featuring joan crawford at her grande dame victimturnedavenger best, sudden fear 1952 pits crawfords playwrightheiress myra against fortunehunting husband lester and his equally greedy girlfriend irene. Sudden fear was nominated for 4 academy awards given in 1952 for high quality rather than political opinion, and this recognition was well deserved. Approved 1h 50min filmnoir, thriller 24 october 1952 italy. Its noirsville, a visually oriented blog celebrating the vast and varied sources of inspiration, all of the resulting output, and all of the creative reflections back, of a particular styletool of film making used in certain film plot sequences or for a films entirety that conveyed claustrophobia, alienation, obsession, and events spiraling out of control, that came to fruition in the. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Lombard street, san francisco blaine stays in the apartment at 10011005 lombard street at leavenworth street, at the foot of the famed crookedest street in the world, though the film is careful to edit out hudsons car negotiating the series of eight switchbacks which might have raised a. But what really turns my crank about this film is its brilliant combination of cinematography and sound. Cohen film collectionbased in columbus, ohio has finally brought sudden fear to bluray for the first time this week and the results should more than please fans of the film. September 30 the cinerama multipleprojection widescreen system, invented by fred waller, debuts in new york with the film this is cinerama.
Sudden fear the 1952 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. And finally her reputation is being restored to its rightful place after the travesty of mommy dearest. Ive never seen joan crawford or jack palance play better roles. This bluray release of sudden fear on cohen media is a huge improvement over the previous north american dvd. Like many underrecognized treasures, david millers sudden fear fits into and defies different genres, its conventionscrambling partly the result of the fact that the film looks both forward and. A fine example of a classic edge of your seat thriller.
Silent films were never fully silentthey were accompanied by music. The sudden fear sequence eliminates only about 8 seconds but noteworthy ones, showing joan crawfords falling from a building, and being smothered by the jack palance character. Mirrors are used to show the hidden truth, as when hudsons lawyer steve kearney bruce bennett appears worried about blaines motivations, or when blaine is shown scheming behind his wifes back. Film noir themes and motifs within sudden fear should be spotted by fans of the genre without much trouble. The movie plays like a delightful love story until a shocking turning point morphs it suddenly into a film noir. To start, its pretty dope to put ironic foreshadowing in literally the first two minutes of the film the idea espoused by myra that lester cannot possibly play a convincing romantic lead. It premiered in new york city on august 7, 1952 and subsequently was released in ten other countries over the next twelve months to capitalize on crawfords global stardom at that time. November 27 bwana devil, the first american, featurelength, color 3d film, is released, and begins the demand for 3d films that lasts for the next two years. Directed by david miller, it was based on a novel by edna sherry. After an ambitious actor insinuates himself into the life of a wealthy middleaged playwright and marries her, he plots with his mistress to murder her. Coffee and robert smith was based upon the novel of the same name by edna sherry. Hd le masque arrache 1952 film complet en francais. Sudden fear 1952 rotten tomatoes joan crawford portrays a successful, independently wealthy playwright who fires struggling actor jack palance from.
Following a whirlwind courtship, acclaimed playwright myra hudson joan crawford marries lester blaine jack palance, a slick actor she has just fired from her latest play. Actor lester blaine has all but landed the lead in myra hudsons new play when myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesnt look like a romantic leading man. These have been restored in the new 2016 cohen media group bluray release. He was nominated for three academy awards, all for best actor in a supporting role, receiving nominations for his roles in sudden fear 1952 and shane 1953, and winning the. Movie information, genre, rating, running time, photos, trailer, synopsis and user. This is a good take on, and diversion from, the typical film noir story of the guy who marries lady for money. Australia brazil canada china france germany india italy japan mexico netherlands. Sudden fear 1952 joan crawford, jack palance youtube. An obvious and pretty successful imitation of hitchcock this movie is one of the best murder mysteries ever made.
Directed by david miller and based on the novel of. Spotlighting one of the great forgotten film noirs, starring the great joan crawford, gloria grahame, and jack palance. The joan crawford movie sudden fear is an efficient and stylish thriller. Later, she meets lester, is swept off her feet, and, after a brief courtship, marries him. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Sudden fear is a film directed by david miller with joan crawford, jack palance, gloria grahame, bruce bennett, year. It comes complete with a neatlywritten itinerary to allow her to murder.
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