A Cry in the Night (1956)
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43% of users liked it
(95 ratings)
Natalie Wood plays what was touted as her first "grown up" role in the tense melodrama A Cry in the Night. Based loosely on the Caryl Chessman case, the film showcases Raymond Burr as a psycho who stalks and attacks young couples on Lover's Lane. Overpowering Wood's boyfriend, Burr… More Natalie Wood plays what was touted as her first "grown up" role in the tense melodrama A Cry in the Night. Based loosely on the Caryl Chessman case, the film showcases Raymond Burr as a psycho who stalks and attacks young couples on Lover's Lane. Overpowering Wood's boyfriend, Burr kidnaps the girl and locks her up in a seedy one-room apartment. Though he barely lays a hand on her, Wood has every reason to be terrified of her captor, who has a disturbing habit of brutally killing small animals. Meanwhile, Wood's police-captain father Edmond O'Brien brusquely ignores all manner of civil liberties as he and fellow officer Brian Donlevy turn the town inside out in search of the girl and her abductor. Carol Veazie appears as Burr's blowsy, dominating mother, while Mary Lawrence offers an interesting characterization as Wood's plain-Jane sister, who is jealous of all the attention showered on her missing sibling. Cry in the Night is a surprisingly lively offering from the normally uninspired director Frank Tuttle. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Frank Tuttle
- Genres
- Drama, Special Interest
PG,
- In Theaters
- Aug 17, 1956 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's a lively, but unpleasant, unconvincing and overwrought B-film crime drama.
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Cast
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Edmond O'Brien
as Dan Taggart
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Brian Donlevy
as Bates
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Natalie Wood
as Liz Taggart
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Raymond Burr
as Harold Loftus
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Richard Anderson
as Owen Clark
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Irene Hervey
as Helen Taggart
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Carol Veazie
as Mrs. Loftus
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Mary Lawrence
as Madge
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Anthony Caruso
as Chavez
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George J. Lewis
as Gerrity
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Peter Hanson
as Dr. Frazee
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Tina Carver
as Marie Holzapple
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Herb Vigran
as Jensen
