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The untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.The untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.The untimely murder of a New York glamor-girl sparks an investigation with an emotionally driven detective at the helm.
Max Showalter
- Larry Evans
- (as Casey Adams)
Alexander D'Arcy
- Robin Ray
- (as Alex D'Arcy)
Robert Adler
- Policeman
- (uncredited)
Ramsay Ames
- Café Photographer
- (uncredited)
Parley Baer
- 2nd Detective
- (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Brandon Beach
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Milkman
- (uncredited)
Ethel Bryant
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Harry Carter
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Martin Cichy
- Theatre Patron
- (uncredited)
Russ Conway
- Detective
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Dwight Taylor
- Steve Fisher
- Leo Townsend(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaIs a nearly scene-for-scene remake of the film I Wake Up Screaming (1941) with Victor Mature and Betty Grable.
- Quotes
Steve Christopher: Slug me with those, Cornell, and I'll square you off if it takes me the rest of my life.
Lt. Ed Cornell: You're not gonna have a very long life, Stevie. You're like a rat in a box, without any holes. But they're gonna make a hole for you...six by three, filled with quicklime.
- ConnectionsFeatures Laura (1944)
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Fair remake of "I Wake Up Screaming" marred by bad casting in the lead...
Let's face it, ELLIOT REID is the last actor I'd expect to replace VICTOR MATURE as the leading man of VICKI--a remake of the Fox film that starred Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Laird Cregar.
Reid's casting is a fatal blow on the believability of the screenplay that has JEANNE CRAIN and Reid as the romantic interest. On the other hand RICHARD BOONE does a marvelous tough guy job as the police detective in love with "Vicki." VICKI is played in rather tough fashion by JEAN PETERS.
The result: JEANNE CRAIN manages to give the most credible performance in this remake--while RICHARD BOONE is properly menacing as the two-fisted detective, but he's really no match for Laird Cregar.
There's a good film noir quality to some stretches of the film, but the low-key lighting usually so effective in this sort of thing is disregarded with brightly lit scenes most of the time--perhaps the fault of director Harry Horner.
As remakes go, it's fair enough--but most fans will prefer the original.
Reid's casting is a fatal blow on the believability of the screenplay that has JEANNE CRAIN and Reid as the romantic interest. On the other hand RICHARD BOONE does a marvelous tough guy job as the police detective in love with "Vicki." VICKI is played in rather tough fashion by JEAN PETERS.
The result: JEANNE CRAIN manages to give the most credible performance in this remake--while RICHARD BOONE is properly menacing as the two-fisted detective, but he's really no match for Laird Cregar.
There's a good film noir quality to some stretches of the film, but the low-key lighting usually so effective in this sort of thing is disregarded with brightly lit scenes most of the time--perhaps the fault of director Harry Horner.
As remakes go, it's fair enough--but most fans will prefer the original.
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- Jan 10, 2010
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Şöhret kurbanı
- Filming locations
- Pacific Ocean Park, Santa Monica, California, USA(an opening sequence shows Circus Gardens, which opened in Ocean Park in 1953)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $560,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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