I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

I Wake Up Screaming

6.9/ 10

TMDB Rating

76

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1941

Release Year

82 min

Runtime

Mystery

Crime

Overview

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

Keywords

film noir

broadway

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Cast

Betty Grable

Betty Grable

Jill Lynn

Victor Mature

Victor Mature

Frankie Christopher (Botticelli)

Carole Landis

Carole Landis

Vicky Lynn

Laird Cregar

Laird Cregar

Police Insp. Ed Cornell

William Gargan

William Gargan

Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald

Alan Mowbray

Alan Mowbray

Robin Ray

Allyn Joslyn

Allyn Joslyn

Larry Evans

Elisha Cook Jr.

Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Williams

Chick Chandler

Chick Chandler

Reporter

Cyril Ring

Cyril Ring

Reporter

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Reviews(2)

6.8avg rating

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Steve

@felixxx999

August 19, 2017

5.5

5.5/10

From Noiroftheweek.com I Wake Up Screaming is never mentioned in the same breath as The Maltese Falcon when discussing the birth of film noir. Which would be a mistake. Both films were made around the same time. I Wake Up Screaming, however, is much closer to being a true film noir. That's tha…

John Chard

John Chard

November 26, 2019

8

8/10

They've got more wolves in New York than they've got in Siberia. I Wake Up Screaming is one of the early entries in the film noir cycle that lays down noirish detective conventions. The kicker is similar to that of "Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)", that of the chief suspect turning detective…

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