A deranged man kidnaps the nubile daughter of a police captain.A deranged man kidnaps the nubile daughter of a police captain.A deranged man kidnaps the nubile daughter of a police captain.
Charles Cane
- Sam Patrick
- (uncredited)
John Cliff
- Detective Lou Gross
- (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
- Police Officer McEvoy
- (uncredited)
Jack Daly
- Detective O'Mara
- (uncredited)
Hal K. Dawson
- Matson
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaAccording to a 2016 biography of Natalie Wood, she began dating Raymond Burr during this production.
- GoofsWhen Edmond O'Brien is getting ready to watch a movie on TV, he pours himself a glass of beer which is almost entirely foam. When he stands up to turn off the TV, the glass is suddenly full of beer.
- Quotes
Capt. Dan Taggart: I just wanna know what's bothering Madge.
Helen Taggart: She isn't married, that's what's bothering her. She's 37 years old and she isn't married.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Aweful Movies with Deadly Earnest: A Cry in the Night (1969)
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'Cry In The Night' was on TCM last night and is more of a social drama than a film noir. Even worse, it's about a hostage situation and seems much longer than its 75 minute running time as there is very little action.
The cast was overripe but good, with Brian Donlevy and Edmond O'Brien as the cops on the case and Natalie Wood as the hostage. Raymond Burr plays the kidnapper very much like Lenny from "Of Mice and Men". Burr is really the main character and departs from his usual menacing heavy role here and plays an emotionally arrested momma's boy. Donlevy and O"Brien are reliable old warhorses and manage to pull off their parts despite advancing age. Much time was spent in arguments and squabbles among the various cast members and I felt less time should have been spent on scenes illustrating what a disturbed guy Burr's character was, as we knew that.
Long story short, I can't really recommend 'Cry In The Night'; I didn't feel it was interesting enough for any more than a rating of a five.
The cast was overripe but good, with Brian Donlevy and Edmond O'Brien as the cops on the case and Natalie Wood as the hostage. Raymond Burr plays the kidnapper very much like Lenny from "Of Mice and Men". Burr is really the main character and departs from his usual menacing heavy role here and plays an emotionally arrested momma's boy. Donlevy and O"Brien are reliable old warhorses and manage to pull off their parts despite advancing age. Much time was spent in arguments and squabbles among the various cast members and I felt less time should have been spent on scenes illustrating what a disturbed guy Burr's character was, as we knew that.
Long story short, I can't really recommend 'Cry In The Night'; I didn't feel it was interesting enough for any more than a rating of a five.
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- Schrei in der Nacht
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1
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