The Seventh Victim (1943)
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92% of critics liked it
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67% of users liked it
(1,229 ratings)
Producer Val Lewton once more utilized leftover Magnificent Ambersons sets for his psychological horror piece The Seventh Victim. Kim Hunter arrives in New York's Greenwich Village in search of her errant sister Jean Brooks. Gradually, the naive Hunter is drawn into a strange netherworld of… More Producer Val Lewton once more utilized leftover Magnificent Ambersons sets for his psychological horror piece The Seventh Victim. Kim Hunter arrives in New York's Greenwich Village in search of her errant sister Jean Brooks. Gradually, the naive Hunter is drawn into a strange netherworld of Satan worshippers. The story is a bit too complex for its own good (especially with only a 71-minute running time to play with), but editor-turned-director Mark Robson and screenwriters Dewitt Bodeen and Charles O'Neal keep the thrills and shudders coming at a satisfying pace. Lewton regular Tom Conway offers his usual polished performance, while veteran character actresses Isabel Jewell and Evelyn Brent look appropriately gaunt and possessed in the "cult" sequences. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mark Robson
- Written By
- DeWitt Bodeen, Charles O'Neal
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Classics
- In Theaters
- Aug 21, 1943 Limited
- Studio
- RKO Radio Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Variety Staff, Variety
Even the occasional good performance can't offset this minor dualer.
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, Time Out
What other movie opens with Satanism in Greenwich Village, twists into urban paranoia, and climaxes with a suicide?
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
This is the greatest of producer Val Lewton's justly celebrated low-budget chillers.
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Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
Sweeps from beginning to end in a single clean, unhurried but unflagging, rush of narrative.
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Jeffrey M. Anderson, Combustible Celluloid
Endlessly gripping and endlessly fascinating.
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Cast
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Kim Hunter
as Mary Gibson
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Tom Conway
as Dr. Louis Judd
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Hugh Beaumont
as Gregory Ward
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Isabel Jewell
as Frances Fallon
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Jean Brooks
as Jacqueline Gibson
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Evelyn Brent
as Natalie Cortez
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Erford Gage
as Jason Hoag
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Elizabeth Russell
as Mimi
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Chef Joseph Milani
as Mr. Romari
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Marguerite Sylva
as Mrs. Romari
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Mary Newton
as Mrs. Redi
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Wally Brown
as Durk
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Ben Bard
as Mr. Brun
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Joan Barclay
as Gladys
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Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
as Leo
- Wheaton Chambers
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Kernan Cripps
as Cop
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Edythe Elliott
as Mrs. Swift
- Bud Geary
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Barbara Hale
as Young Lover
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William Halligan
as Radeaux
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Tiny Jones
as News Vendor
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Milt Kibbee
as Joseph
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Adia Kuznetzoff
as Ballet Dancer
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Lou Lubin
as Irving August
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Eve March
as Mrs. Gilchrist
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Howard Mitchell
as Cop
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Ottola Nesmith
as Mrs. Lowood
- Charles Phillips
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Dewey Robinson
as Conductor
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Sarah Selby
as Miss Gottschalk
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Jamesson Shade
as Swenson
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Lloyd Ingraham
as Watchman
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Ann Summers
as Miss Summers
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Betty Roadman
as Mrs. Wheeler
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Mary Halsey
as Bit
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Edith Conrad
as Woman
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Lorna Dunn
as Mother
- Eileen O'Malley
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Edward Thomas
as Man
- James Cromwell
- Marguerita Sylva