In 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion... Read allIn 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of subsequent stabbings.In 1961, a divorced Catholic couple's life is turned upside-down when one of their two adolescent daughters is suspected of her younger sister's brutal murder during her First Holy Communion and a series of subsequent stabbings.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
- Alice Spages
- (as Paula Sheppard)
- Pathologist
- (as Miss Lillian Roth)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
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- TriviaStar Paula E. Sheppard, who played 12-year-old Alice, was about 19 years of age during the making of the movie.
- GoofsAfter Alphonso is stabbed he falls down on a coffee table causing it to collapse. A pair of hands is visible as they catch a falling fish bowl.
- Quotes
Aunt Annie DeLorenze: Angela, stop eating! Haven't you had enough? Jim, help me clean up this mess. You don't need that drink!
- Crazy creditsDuring the ending credits there is no music and the screen doesn't turn black, the last frame of the film remains in the background forever.
- Alternate versions"Communion" was re-released (after Brooke Shields became famous in "Pretty Baby") in its original uncut form as "Alice, Sweet Alice" in 1978 and then in a cut form as "Holy Terror" in 1981 (after the Brooke Shields' hit "The Blue Lagoon").
- SoundtracksCan't Help Lovin' Dat Man
Written by Jerome Kern (as Kern) and Oscar Hammerstein II (as Hammerstein)
Performed by Helen Morgan (uncredited)
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- Apr 3, 2022
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- Release date
- Country of origin
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- Also known as
- Alice Sweet Alice
- Filming locations
- Rogers Locomotive Works - Spruce and Market Streets, Paterson, New Jersey, USA(death scene of Dom)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $340,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1