Sudden Fear (1952)

Movie Details

Original Title Sudden Fear

Original Language EN

Status Released

Popularity 0.6

Cast

Joan Crawford

Myra Hudson Blaine

Popularity: 0.7

Jack Palance

Lester Blaine

Popularity: 1.7

Gloria Grahame

Irene Neves

Popularity: 0.8

Bruce Bennett

Steve Kearney

Popularity: 0.9

Virginia Huston

Ann Taylor

Popularity: 0.4

Mike Connors

Junior Kearney

Popularity: 1.9

Bess Flowers

Party Guest (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.9

Harold Miller

Reception Guest (uncredited)

Popularity: 6.5

Bert Stevens

Opera Patron (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.4

Key Crew

Screenplay Lenore J. Coffee, Robert Smith

Director David Miller

Editor Leon Barsha

Producer Joe Kaufmann

Production

Joseph Kaufman Productions

RKO Radio Pictures

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Keywords

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Reviews from TMDB

Steve 6/10

Apr 29, 2017

noiroftheweek.com The Homme Fatale in Sudden Fear “See, I’m not the kind of man who can live on his wife’s money.” We’re twenty-four minutes into the film Sudden Fear when we realize that the main male character, actor Lester Blaine played by Jack Palance is rotten, and it’s ... Read more

John Chard 7/10

Mar 3, 2020

You know what happened to Nietzsche? Sudden Fear is directed by David Miller and adapted to screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Robert Smith from the novel written by Edna Sherry. It stars Joan Crawford, Jack Palance and Gloria Grahame. Music is by Elmer Bernstein and cinematography by Charles La ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Sep 9, 2022

Joan Crawford and Jack Palance both turn in strong performances in this dark tale of ambition and betrayal. Crawford is great portraying a middle-aged playwright who bumps Palance off a play she has written. On a train journey, however, they meet again and we start a sequence by which he ingratiates ... Read more