I Wake Up Screaming

Yes, I did, too, after my hemorrhoid operation. That was brutal, but has nothing to do with the title of this movie. Come to think of it, the title of this movie has nothing to do with the story of... Full review

I've seen this many times over the years and never tire of it. The plot is a little bit predictable. But the details are what count.It's like an Edward Hopper painting with dialogue, motion, and fabulously garish musical effects. Everything... Full review

Model Vicky Lynn is found murdered in her apartment and the police question the logical suspect, promoter (and slight love interest) Frankie Christopher who was the primary force who got Vicky her status. Vicky was a waitress in a diner... Full review

Evocatively directed by Bruce Humberstone, this absorbing early film noir contains a surface sheen, polished elegance, and haunting ambiguity that anticipate similar noirs by Otto Preminger. Its cast of unusual actors and all-time greats is uniformly excellent. Betty Grable is... Full review

There's a lot to like about this Film Noir: excellent use of shadows (some spectacular patterns), Victor Mature's best acting role, Carole Landis' (who's both a better actress & prettier than Betty Grable) juicy part, Laird Cregar in one of... Full review

Despite Victor Mature's claim that he never 'acted' in any of his films, he does well enough here. Full of shadows, sly humour and a storyline which keeps you guessing, plus that wonderful soundtrack (including snatches of Over The Rainbow),... Full review

An excellent american thriller of the forties with a good plot and superb character performances. The spectator is kept on his or her toes throughout the film and Cregar's "presence" is genuinely frightening and certainly not for the faint hearted.... Full review

WWII pin-up gal Betty Grable took her first dramatic part as the sister of a murdered model in Bruce Humberstone's I Wake Up Screaming, based on a serialized novel by Steve Fisher. It sounds like second billing, but the victim's... Full review

I Wake Up Screaming is an odd and oddly satisfying film. It is in the noir mold but it's a little earlier than most. The studio that made it was not noted for making thrillers, and the stars,--Victor Mature, Betty... Full review

A pretty waitress is given a shot at the big time by a handsome sports impresario. She grabs her chance with alacrity, but Fate has plotted a different course for her ...Bruce Humberstone directs this attractive early noir with a... Full review

Their answers, given in adjoining interrogation rooms, become the basis for brief, neatly constructed interlocking flashbacks at the opening of the movie that explain a ton of plot in very little time. Well-known New York sports promoter Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) is the prime suspect in the murder of Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis), a successful model and would-be actress. ... Full Review

I Wake Up Screaming isn't a great movie but it has a real distinction; it's one of the first film noirs that actually looks like a film noir, with a lighting style several years ahead of its release date of 1941. Speaking of music, I Wake Up Screaming's music score has not dated well. ... Full Review

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"House of Strangers" isn't really noir at all. A combo of family drama and romance, the movie pits paterfamilias Gino Monetti (Edward G. Robinson) against three disgruntled sons, while Gino's one content child, Max (Richard Conte), romances upper-crust Irene Bennett... ... Full Article