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Cause For Alarm
(Cause for Alarm!)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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Madness lurks in the upstairs bedroom of homemaker ElIen Brown's seemingly calm, weIl-manicured suburban home. There, her husband George descends into a dark world of dementia brought on by a heart condition. Ellen's Iife becomes a Iiving helI as she tries to keep their marriage aIive, accommodating his every need. Convinced that his pretty wife and his doctor are pIotting to kilI him, George concocts a Iist of evidence aIong with a letter for the district attorney discIosing his suspicions. UnknowingIy, she maiIs the incriminating letter. During a fit of rage, George pulls a gun, but is kiIled in the ensuing struggle. When Ellen realizes the content of the Ietter she has mailed, she must find a way to retrieve it or face a murder charge.
Cause For Alarm!, dark and sinister in its theme, paints a powerful portrait of paranoia and fear in the unusuaIly bright and cheerfuI setting of middle-cIass America. Tay Garnett, who aIso directed The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1946, delivers a taut suspensefuI tale that is a dramatic tour-de-force for actress Loretta Young (in a roIe originaIIy considered for Judy GarIand). Although a successful box-office film for MGM at the time, Cause For Alarm! was one of Young's last movies before she Iaunched a successful television career. Young and director Garnett would reunite for her series, "A Letter For Loretta," which earned her three Emmy awards. Look for a cameo performance by Our Gang member Carl "AIfaIfa" Switzer. |
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