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A Cry in the Night
THE TEEN-AGE DATE IN LOVERS' LANE THEY'LL NEVER LET HER FORGET!
A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.
- Original title
- A Cry in the Night
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
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- Revenue
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John Chard
Jul 7, 2014 · via TMDB
Don’t go walking down lovers loop, with anyone else but me. A Cry in the Night is directed by Frank Tuttle and adapted to screenplay by David Dortort from Whit Masterson’s novel All through the Night. It stars Edmond O’Brien, Brian Donlevy, Natalie Wood, Raymond Burr and Richard Anderson. Music is by David Buttolph and cinematography by John F. Seitz. Not a great deal to sing about here, which is a shame because the potential for an electric thriller is right there on the page. Burr plays a peeping tom type who is dominated by his mother, during one of his “sessions” up at Lovers Loop he gets caught and during the altercation he knocks out Anderson’s boyfriend and kidnaps Wood, who happens to be the daughter of O’Brien’s policeman. Film then relies on police procedural for its narrative thrust, stopping occasionally to tease us with serious parental issues on both sides of the fence, all while Burr acts on the edge of sanity whilst holding Wood captive in a remote old shack. Apricot Pie. The subject matter is a hot potato, but nothing ever rings true on account of cheap production values and uninspiring direction. Seitz does the best he can to create sweaty atmosphere via his camera lenses, and Buttolph’s score is at one with the melodramatics. Unfortunately the cast are poor, with O’Brien unusually wooden, Burr not convincing, Donlevy is going through the motions and Anderson is not only dull, he’s a bit old for the teen lover character he is playing. Wood comes out with credit and her scenes with Burr are the best parts of he film, while Carol Veazie as the domineering mother is a hoot. The back stories to the making of the film are far more interesting than the film itself! 5/10
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Edmond O'Brien
Dan Taggart
Brian Donlevy
Ed Bates
Natalie Wood
Elizabeth
Raymond Burr
Harold Loftus
Richard Anderson
Owen Clark
Irene Hervey
Helen Taggart
Carol Veazie
Mabel Loftus
Mary Lawrence
Madge Taggart
George J. Lewis
George Gerrity
Anthony Caruso
Tony Chavez
Peter Hansen
Dr. Frazee
Tina Carver
Marie Holzapple
Herb Vigran
Jensen
Alan Ladd
Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
John F. Seitz
Director of Photography
Frank Tuttle
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