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A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.A man dreams he committed murder, then begins to suspect it was real.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Cornell Woolrich(story "Nightmare")
- Maxwell Shane(written for the screen by)
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Cornell Woolrich(story "Nightmare")
- Maxwell Shane(written for the screen by)
- Stars
Jeff York
- Deputy Torrence
- (as Jeff Yorke)
Joey Ray
- Contractor
- (scenes deleted)
Loyette Thomson
- Waitress
- (scenes deleted)
Gladys Blake
- Bank Clerk
- (uncredited)
Jack Collins
- Man
- (uncredited)
Leander De Cordova
- Man
- (uncredited)
Christian Drake
- Elevator Operator
- (uncredited)
Stanley Farrar
- Bank Patron
- (uncredited)
Julia Faye
- Rental Home Owner
- (uncredited)
John Harmon
- Clyde Bilyou
- (uncredited)
Michael Harvey
- Bob Clune
- (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
- Man with Packages in Elevator
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Cornell Woolrich(story "Nightmare")
- Maxwell Shane(written for the screen by)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaDeForest Kelley's debut cinematic appearance.
- GoofsWhen Cliff runs out of the hotel onto the sidewalk and looks up to see Vince about to jump from the window, the sidewalk is wet, having just rained. But when he quickly runs back into the hotel to save Vince, it's dry.
- Quotes
Vince Grayson: I've got an honest man's conscience... in a murderer's body.
- Crazy creditsAuthor Cornell Woolrich is billed as "William Irish", one of his regular magazine pseudonyms.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Carolina (2003)
Review
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I Dreamt I Killed In Mirrored Halls
Deforest Kelley has a nightmare in which he kills a man. He can't go in to work, so he goes driving with his sister and girl friend and brother-in-law Paul Kelly... to the house in which he dreamt the murderer.
It's a film noir from a story by Cornell Woolrich, so you know up front that it's going to be overwrought. It's also Kelley's first feature, and screenwriter Maxwell Shane's debut as director. Given the poor condition of the copy I looked at -- plenty of hiss on the audio track, as well as looking as if it was made from a 16mm. TV print -- I was not able to evaluate cinematographer Jack Greenhalgh's visuals, so important for a movie with extensive dream sequences.
Even with those handicaps, I was able to see the basic competence of this Pine-Thomas production. There's little that fancy about the production, but the ripeness of the source material, the solid actors (Ann Doran has a solid role, and old Demille hand Julia Faye an uncredited bit) make this an agreeably disagreeable noir.
It's a film noir from a story by Cornell Woolrich, so you know up front that it's going to be overwrought. It's also Kelley's first feature, and screenwriter Maxwell Shane's debut as director. Given the poor condition of the copy I looked at -- plenty of hiss on the audio track, as well as looking as if it was made from a 16mm. TV print -- I was not able to evaluate cinematographer Jack Greenhalgh's visuals, so important for a movie with extensive dream sequences.
Even with those handicaps, I was able to see the basic competence of this Pine-Thomas production. There's little that fancy about the production, but the ripeness of the source material, the solid actors (Ann Doran has a solid role, and old Demille hand Julia Faye an uncredited bit) make this an agreeably disagreeable noir.
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- boblipton
- Mar 1, 2019
Details
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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