Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Henry Thomas | ... | Nick Parker | |
David O'Hara | ... | Will | |
Teri Hatcher | ... | Charlotte Parker | |
Bill Duke | ... | Detective Glass | |
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Sándor Técsy | ... | Sidney Miskiewicz |
Irma St. Paule | ... | Mrs. Rhula Miskiewicz | |
Alex Kilgore | ... | Adam Dennis | |
Marisol Padilla Sánchez | ... | Soledad | |
Patricia Dunnock | ... | Sophie Parker | |
Helen Hanft | ... | Louisa | |
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Remak Ramsay | ... | Richard Parker |
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Lisby Larson | ... | Eleanor Parker |
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Jon Tracy | ... | Leonard Wooley |
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Charles E. Gerber | ... | Bob |
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Ken Comer | ... | Detective Comer |
An art teacher spends his nights painting. One night he hears noises in the loft over his. Investigating, he discovers an interloper, who claims he is going to rent the area despite the landlord's earlier assurances that he would not rent the area. Shortly after this incident, the landlord is found murdered. The investigation turns towards a drunken evictee who was seen arguing with the landlord. However, his unwanted neighbor appears threatening and malevolent. Plagued by nightmares, the artist also starts acting irrationally and becomes a suspect. Written by John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Winter doesn't seem to have his head around the screenplay for "Fever", a dark and morose drama about a young, disturbed NYC slum dwelling artist (Thomas) who is caught up in a trio of murders . The film paints a portrait so nebulous as to leave many questions unanswered as it plods toward an unsatisfying conclusion with a sort of Hitchcockesque style. Unfortunately we're not given reason to care about the principle and are left to wait for the other shoe to drop all the way to rolling credits. "Fever" is an okay watch technically and artistically which offers solid performances. However, the screenplay misses opportunities to put more meat on the bones of a story with unrealized potential. Okay fodder for couch potatoes into quirky film noir psychodramas.