WITNESS TO MURDER - BLU

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• Release Year: 1954
• Genre: Crime; Drama; Film-Noir
• Plot: A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder. One sleepless night, Cheryl Draper (Barbara Stanwyck, Double Indemnity) witnesses a young woman being strangled to death in an apartment across the street. She reports the killing to the police, but when the police arrive there's no body to be found. The policemen are convinced that Cheryl probably dreamt the murder and leave ignoring her pleas. Similar to Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window, which opened less than a month later and overshadowed this top-notch film noir featuring great direction by Roy Rowland (The Girl Hunters) and beautiful black-and-white cinematography by legendary John Alton (He Walked by Night). Co-starring George Sanders (A Shot in the Dark) and Gary Merrill (All About Eve).;
• Cast: Barbara Stanwyck; George Sanders; Gary Merrill; Jesse White; Harry Shannon; Claire Carleton; Lewis Martin; Dick Elliott; Harry Tyler; Juanita Moore; Joy Hallward; Adeline De Walt Reynolds; Claude Akins; Russell Custer; Sam Edwards; Jean Fenwick; Fred Graham; Gertrude Graner; Helen Kleeb; Burt Mustin; Hugh Sheraton; Bert Stevens; Lyn Thomas; Ted Thorpe; Brad Trumbull; Chalky Williams; Roy Rowland; Chester Erskine; Nunnally Johnson
• Director: Roy Rowland
• Runtime: 1:23
• Company: Metro Goldwyn Mayer, 20th Century Fox, Kino Lorber Incorporated
• Media Format: Movie