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I Wake Up Screaming

Three of the Hottest names in Hollywood... in a picture that makes the screen SIZZLE!

6.9(83)19411h 22m2

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

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English
  • film noir
  • broadway

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical31 Oct 1941
    • Theatrical (limited)New York, New York16 Jan 1942
    • TheatricalRe-release1 Aug 1948
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1 Jan 1942
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical27 May 1942
  • FinlandFI

    • Theatrical17 May 1946
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical6 Nov 1946
  • MexicoMX

    • Theatrical16 May 1942
  • PortugalPT

    • Theatrical27 Apr 1942
  • SpainES

    • Theatrical (limited)Madrid15 Feb 1946
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical16 Nov 1942

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I Wake Up Screaming was released on 31 October 1941.

Audience reviews

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    Steve

    8/19/2017

    5.5/10

    From Noiroftheweek.com I Wake Up Screaming is never mentioned in the same breath as The Maltese Falcon when discussing the birth of film noir. Which would be a mistake. Both films were made around the same time. I Wake Up Screaming, however, is much closer to being a true film noir. That's thanks to some fantastic stylistic camerawork (low angles, dark shadowy corners, shadows of Venetian blinds, low lit closeu…

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    John Chard

    11/26/2019

    8/10

    They've got more wolves in New York than they've got in Siberia. I Wake Up Screaming is one of the early entries in the film noir cycle that lays down noirish detective conventions. The kicker is similar to that of "Stranger On The Third Floor (1940)", that of the chief suspect turning detective to try and prove innocence. Directed by Fox contract director H. Bruce Humberstone, the screenplay is by Dwight Taylor …

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