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Cause for Alarm! (1951)

UNRATED 74 min  -  Drama | Film-Noir  -   23 August 1951 (Portugal)
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Mr. Jones is a invalid husband who wrongly thinks his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.

Director:

Tay Garnett

Writers:

Mel Dinelli (screenplay), Tom Lewis (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Loretta Young ...
Ellen Jones
Barry Sullivan Barry Sullivan ...
George Z. Jones
Bruce Cowling Bruce Cowling ...
Dr. Ranney Grahame
Margalo Gillmore Margalo Gillmore ...
Mrs. Edwards
Brad Morrow Brad Morrow ...
Hoppy - Billy (as Bradley Mora)
Irving Bacon Irving Bacon ...
Mr. Carston - Postman
Georgia Backus Georgia Backus ...
Mrs. Warren
Don Haggerty Don Haggerty ...
Mr. Russell
Art Baker Art Baker ...
Superintendent
Richard Anderson ...
Lonesome Sailor
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Storyline

Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill him. He writes a letter to his lawyer detailing their alleged murder plot. After he has Ellen give the letter to their postman, he reveals its contents to her and then threatens her with a gun. The excitement proves to much and George suffers a fatal collapse. Now Ellen must find a way to retrieve the incriminating letter. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>  

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Taglines:

This Girl Is In Trouble!

Genres:

Drama | Film-Noir

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

(Portugal) See more »

Also Known As:

Grund zur Aufregung See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

This is one of a handful of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer productions of the 1950-1951 period whose original copyrights were never renewed and are now apparently in Public Domain; for this reason this title is now offered, often in very inferior copies, at bargain prices, by numerous VHS and DVD distributors who do not normally handle copyrighted or Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer material. See more »

Connections

Edited into "Muchachada nui: Episode #2.8" (2008) See more »