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When phony stage mentalist Triton mysteriously acquires supernatural powers of precognition, he becomes frightened and abandons his act to live of anonymity. Pre-publication book reviews and features keeping readers and industry influencers in the know since 1933. (Video). And, as already noted, Herbert Marshall was 'getting too old for this kind of thing' and probably did not have the energy to try to prop up Russell as he might have done when younger. McCrea once worked for the late owner, known as the Commodore. The novel begins with the liberation of Auschwitz by Soviet troops in 1945. The Unseen. His restraint in that department here is admirable as well as somewhat surprising. In the camp, 16-year-old Cecilia "Cilka" Klein—one of the Jewish prisoners introduced in Tattooist—was forced to become the mistress of two Nazi commandants. A British Columbian sawmill worker has a problem Claude Rains' Invisible Man could relate to in this quasi-sci-fi/horror drama. Subsidiary roles are well-cast and executed, though Stone is perhaps even more of a deer-in-headlights blank slate than her troubled-adolescent figure requires. Redknap is a special makeup effects veteran whose work has been seen in numerous TV series (“The X-Files,” “Supernatural”) as well as features (“Deadpool,” “The Cabin in the Woods”). Then there is the screenplay co-written by none other than Raymond Chandler and based on a novel by Ethel Lina White, who among others wrote the novels which Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes and Siodmak’s The Spiral Staircase were based on. Indeed, it’s the least fantastical aspects that largely dominate here, and are the film’s core strength. The boy is impossible, wanting his former governess back, doing mysterious things, talking to who knows who on the phone, and being obnoxious to the new nanny. Unless you are a completest or a Masochist, I suggest you leave it there. I don’t mind over the top, but…. But it didn't. Pioneering critic Manny Farber included APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER in his “Best Films of 1951” article (1952). Russell is hired by brooding widower Joel McCrea to look after his two rather bizarre children. During a conference-trip to L.A., an academic runs into an old-flame and into trouble with the police when she disappears, presumed murdered. Still, things get a bit silly when we finally see just how little of the rapidly-deteriorating Bob is left, at the same time we’re expected to swallow his steely resolve in the new role of Heroic Dad. Thank you for an informative review. There are a couple on noteworthy articles on Lewis Allen films. Based on a book by Ethel Lina White (who wrote the original novels for both Hitchcock's Lady Vanishes and Siodmak's Spiral Staircase), the movie somehow ended up as more of a lightweight ghost story than mystery-suspense. He works at a lumber mill and calls a trailer home, living the kind of dead-end life familiar from such first-wave Canadian features as “Goin’ Down the Road” and “Paperback Hero” — except while those films’ protagonists yearned for bigger, better things, Bob cuts himself off as much as he can even from the meager social offerings of this dying single-industry hamlet. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Her address book leads to a host of names of men frightened by her death but claiming never to have known her. As it is, pretty close, and let the pseudo-intellectuals have at it. 4 - Not good, even if you don't pay. It is much reprinted and cited. McCrea is bitter over his wife’s death and the suspicion that hangs over him because of it, as his close friend, doctor Herbert Marshall explains. society to withdraw from. But surely she cannot have become an alcoholic already by the age of 21, in 1945, so that cannot be the cause of the malaise seen in this picture. He's never given any other instructions or destructive orders that we know of, so what's the point of the phone calls, and what is the point of her showing up as the new housekeeper? This film lacked only good writing. This page works best with JavaScript. So the parts he hides from view aren’t just “absent,” but sometimes blackened, bloody, or even exposing internal organs. All the cast look ill at ease, as if they had no idea what the director expected of them, and they found the story unconvincing. There are currently no user reviews for this film. The boy is impossible, wanting his former governess back, doing mysterious things, talking to who knows who on the phone, and being obnoxious to the new nanny. Marshall is the outwardly benign family doctor who openly despises prospective property purchaser Lloyd, Phyliis Brooks is the dishy former governess who still exercises a strange hold over McCrea's boy and, as a mere red herring, Isobel Elsom is the inquisitive sister of the suspiciously-deceased inhabitant of the house next door!! Elizabeth becomes convinced that the killer is now stalking her as well. At any rate, despite being hurriedly put into production following the success of that earlier Ray Milland classic, there are no ghosts to be seen or heard anywhere this time around; instead we have a surprisingly unsatisfying combination of "The Turn Of The Screw" (typified by the obnoxious antics of McCrea's elder son to scare newly-installed governess Russell away) and GASLIGHT (1944; by way of the mysterious comings-and-goings in the supposedly abandoned house next door). Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It stars Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall, Phyllis Brooks and Isobel Elsom. Choose an adventure below and discover your next favorite movie or TV show. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2013. Starting off on all the right notes, this mediocre reunion of director Lewis Allen and leading lady Gail Russell from "The Uninvited" is a frustrating misfire. A young woman comes to work for a widower as a governess for his two young children. Many feel that his wife's death in a car crash was no accident. In fact, I only managed to score a hazy-looking, VHS-sourced copy of it which does the film's only true trump card – the atmospheric lighting – no favors at all. However, for fans of 1940s potboilers like the not-dissimilar "Gaslight", this provides minor enjoyment. Going in the opposite direction is “The Unseen,” about a loner whose disappearing act is metaphorical as much as it is literal, where the latter is ultimately the least successful in what’s otherwise a nicely crafted if not entirely satisfying drama of a man struggling to retain any connection to human society. This FAQ is empty. The difference is that in THE UNINVITED everything came together, cast, script, and score. (1945). The direction by Lewis Allen is clearly hopeless. There's a problem loading this menu right now. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Feeble mystery film, cast wasted, Gail Russell looks lost. Raymond Chandler … A noblewoman begins to lead a dangerous double life in order to alleviate her boredom. Maybe it could have worked. 7 - Good movie, worth seeing. That image you see is small 2 1/2 x 3 1/4 postage stamp sized image on the from of the crudely made DVD cover supposedly from "Loving The Classics". It is based on the novel Midnight House by Ethel Lina White. Running Time: 80 min. So does the police. Joel McCrea, Gail Russell, Herbert Marshall. THE UNSEEN. Reviewed in the United States on November 4, 2018. Please sign in or sign up to rate this movie. Certificate: Passed There's a boarded up house next door where a nasty old man lived years before, leading to a bunch of strange goings on and ending up in murder. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. But have seen very little of his output.
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