The "Sudden Fear" of the title is what Miss Crawford experiences when
she discovers that the young actor she has married, (an excellent and
Oscar-nominated early performance from Jack Palance), is planning to
murder her. David Miller's thriller is both extremely enjoyable and
highly implausible with Joan pulling out all the stops and also picking
up an Oscar nomination for her trouble. The movie marked something of a
late career boost for her and was largely instrumental in launching
Palance who clearly had a knack for playing the bad guy. As Mr Palance's
partner-in-crime Gloria Grahame seems to be having a lot more fun here
than she did in the overrated "The Bad and the Beautiful".
Saturday, 20 October 2018
SUDDEN FEAR **
The "Sudden Fear" of the title is what Miss Crawford experiences when
she discovers that the young actor she has married, (an excellent and
Oscar-nominated early performance from Jack Palance), is planning to
murder her. David Miller's thriller is both extremely enjoyable and
highly implausible with Joan pulling out all the stops and also picking
up an Oscar nomination for her trouble. The movie marked something of a
late career boost for her and was largely instrumental in launching
Palance who clearly had a knack for playing the bad guy. As Mr Palance's
partner-in-crime Gloria Grahame seems to be having a lot more fun here
than she did in the overrated "The Bad and the Beautiful".
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