I Wake Up Screaming
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1941
1h 22m
English
Mystery, Crime
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A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
I Wake Up Screaming
Movie
1941
1h 22m
English
Mystery, Crime
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.
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Cast
Jill Lynn
Frankie Christopher (Botticelli)
Vicky Lynn
Police Insp. Ed Cornell
Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald
Robin Ray
Larry Evans
Harry Williams
Reporter
Reporter
Assistant District Attorney
Keating- Florist
Cemetery Caretaker
Headwaiter
Lady Handel
Nightclub patron (uncredited)
Nightclub patron (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
Detective (uncredited)
Sidewalk passerby (uncredited)
Nightclub patron (uncredited)
Policeman (uncredited)
Newsboy (uncredited)
Nightclub patron (uncredited)
Pedestrian newspaper buyer (uncredi...
Directed By: H. Bruce Humberstone
Written By: Dwight Taylor (Screenplay), Steve Fisher (Novel)
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Steve
6 years ago
From Noiroftheweek.com
I Wake Up Screaming is never mentioned in the same breath as The Maltese Falcon when discussing the birth of film noir. Which would be a mistake.
Both films were made around the same time. I Wake Up Screaming, however, is much closer to being a true film noir. That's tha More
I Wake Up Screaming is never mentioned in the same breath as The Maltese Falcon when discussing the birth of film noir. Which would be a mistake.
Both films were made around the same time. I Wake Up Screaming, however, is much closer to being a true film noir. That's tha More
John Chard
4 years ago
They've got more wolves in New York than they've got in Siberia.
I Wake Up Screaming is one of the early entries in the film noir cycle that lays down noirish detective conventions. The kicker is similar to that of "Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)", that of the chief suspect turning detective More
I Wake Up Screaming is one of the early entries in the film noir cycle that lays down noirish detective conventions. The kicker is similar to that of "Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)", that of the chief suspect turning detective More
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