Fear (1946 film)
Fear is a 1946 low-budget film noir directed by Alfred Zeisler. The film is considered a loose adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's 1866 novel Crime and Punishment.
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| Directed by | Alfred Zeisler |
| Produced by | Lindsley Parsons |
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| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
| Edited by | Ace Herman |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures Corporation |
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Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
A broke medical student who's in desperate need of tuition money sells everything he owns to a dishonest professor. When the student's scholarship is suddenly taken from him, he flies into a rage and kills the professor, whom he feels is responsible for his situation. His life then begins to improve, but as the student grows more reckless, police suspicion continues to grow.
Cast
- Peter Cookson as Larry Crain
- Warren William as Police Capt. Burke
- Anne Gwynne as Eileen Stevens
- Francis Pierlot as Prof. Stanley
- James Cardwell as Ben
Critical reception
Film historians Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward give the film a positive review. "This low budget film is hardly pure Dostoevsky, but it has a visual style superior to and more cohesive than the typical Monogram product."[1]
References
- Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, eds. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, film noir analysis by Bob Porfiero, page 102, 3rd edition, 1992. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.
External links
- Fear on IMDb
- Fear at AllMovie
- Fear at the American Film Institute Catalog
- Fear at the TCM Movie Database
- Fear film clip on YouTube