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The Seventh Victim

  • 19431943
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 11m
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6.7/10
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Kim Hunter, Tom Conway, and Jean Brooks in The Seventh Victim (1943)
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A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
IMDb RATING
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  • Director
    • Mark Robson
  • Writers
    • Charles O'Neal
    • DeWitt Bodeen
  • Stars
    • Kim Hunter
    • Tom Conway
    • Jean Brooks
Top credits
  • Director
    • Mark Robson
  • Writers
    • Charles O'Neal
    • DeWitt Bodeen
  • Stars
    • Kim Hunter
    • Tom Conway
    • Jean Brooks
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 103User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Erford Gage in The Seventh Victim (1943)
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    Hugh Beaumont and Jean Brooks in The Seventh Victim (1943)
    Tom Conway in The Seventh Victim (1943)
    Erford Gage in The Seventh Victim (1943)
    Kim Hunter in The Seventh Victim (1943)
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    Kim Hunter
    Kim Hunter
    • Mary Gibsonas Mary Gibson
    Tom Conway
    Tom Conway
    • Dr. Louis Juddas Dr. Louis Judd
    Jean Brooks
    Jean Brooks
    • Jacqueline Gibsonas Jacqueline Gibson
    Isabel Jewell
    Isabel Jewell
    • Frances Fallonas Frances Fallon
    Evelyn Brent
    Evelyn Brent
    • Natalie Cortezas Natalie Cortez
    Erford Gage
    Erford Gage
    • Jason Hoagas Jason Hoag
    Ben Bard
    Ben Bard
    • Mr. Brunas Mr. Brun
    Hugh Beaumont
    Hugh Beaumont
    • Gregory Wardas Gregory Ward
    Chef Milani
    • Mr. Giacomo Romarias Mr. Giacomo Romari
    Marguerita Sylva
    • Mrs. Bella Romarias Mrs. Bella Romari
    Joan Barclay
    Joan Barclay
    • Gladysas Gladys
    • (uncredited)
    Patti Brill
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Wally Brown
    Wally Brown
    • Durkas Durk
    • (uncredited)
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
    • Leoas Leo
    • (uncredited)
    Wheaton Chambers
    • Missing Girl's Fatheras Missing Girl's Father
    • (uncredited)
    James Conaty
    • Party Guestas Party Guest
    • (uncredited)
    Edith Conrad
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    Kernan Cripps
    Kernan Cripps
    • Police Officer Dannyas Police Officer Danny
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mark Robson
    • Writers
      • Charles O'Neal
      • DeWitt Bodeen
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    • Trivia
      Erford Gage, who played the poet Jason Hoag, enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1943 (around the time this film was released) and was killed in action in the Phillipines in March 1945.
    • Goofs
      The opening text reads: "I run from death, and death meets me as fast, And all my pleasures are like yesterday." The movie attributes the quote to John Donne's Holy Sonnet #7. But it is actually from Holy Sonnet #1.
    • Quotes

      Gladys: My dear, we were intimate. The times we use to have together! I bet she never told you about that - you're too young.

    • Crazy credits
      [title after starting credits] I runne to death, and death meets me as fast, and all my pleasures are like yesterday. Holy sonnet #VII Jonne Donne
    • Alternate versions
      Exists in a computer-colorized version
    • Connections
      Featured in TJ and the All Night Theatre: The Seventh Victim (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      May Heaven Forgive You
      (uncredited)

      From "Martha"

      Music by Friedrich von Flotow

      Arranged by Roy Webb

      [The tune playing on the barrel organ as Mary goes to the Dante for the first time]

    User reviews103

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    Top review
    9/10
    Another stylish chiller from Val Lewton's RKO unit
    As a longtime booster of The Cat People, I tended to give the credit to its director Jacques Tourneur (later to helm Out of the Past). Seeing The Seventh Victim, also from Val Lewton's B-movie unit at RKO, changed all that. It seems Lewton was the resident genius, cobbling together stylish horror/suspense films on shoestring budgets. The young Kim Hunter, away at a private school, learns that her tuition hasn't been paid because her sister, owner of a beauty empire, has disappeared. She leaves school and starts scouring New York's Greenwich Village (also the locale of much of The Cat People) only to uncover a cult of devil worshipers. Lewton's thrillers haven't dated the way James Whale's, for instance, have, possibly because they depend so heavily on suggestion; the literalness of today's "horror" films is completely alien to these suggestive, truly chilling films. The RKO B-movie unit under Lewton was also, probably, a major influence on the look of film noir, soon to become the cutting-edge aesthetic in American movies. This is as tense and satisfying a 75 minutes as you'll find until the Mann/Alton team's seminal noirs of a few years later.
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    • Release date
      • August 21, 1943 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Italian
      • Latin
      • French
    • Also known as
      • The 7th Victim
    • Filming locations
      • RKO Studios - 780 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • RKO Radio Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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