The anecdote is average, the characters are less than likable, the performances are crap throughout, but the film is a quite suspenseful noir, nicely done, fastpaced and attractive. I liked it better than ,say, DETOUR. It is a small B thriller, unpretentious and intriguing. The conception is naive ,unassuming, sensationalist. Like its literary source, the film is structurally a short piece. It would have made a good TV episode, also. The performances are banally indifferent the actors just do not have the knack ,as Mme. Kael would have written. Its limitations will not surprise anyone. And it is certainly unfair to ask that much from these movie, as if it would not be obvious what is their aim and that they do not insult by pretending to be something more. It's petty chicanery.
Fear in the Night (1948) is as well one of the many William Irish adaptations; more famous ones were crafted by Hitchcock in the '50s and Truffaut in the '60s.
Fear in the Night (1948) is as well one of the many William Irish adaptations; more famous ones were crafted by Hitchcock in the '50s and Truffaut in the '60s.