Upon awaking in the morning, a man finds his thoughts clouded by the possibility that he committed a murder.
Direction
Baker's elegant camera movements elevate this programmer into art.
Acting
Merrill's sweaty, trembling descent into possible madness.
Score
Hugo Friedhofer's jazz-infused paranoia soundtrack.
Director
Roy Ward Baker
Gary Merrill
Richard Morton
Linda Darnell
Julie Bannon
Hildegard Knef
Lisa Muller
Joyce Mackenzie
Laura Harkness
June Vincent
Emily Morton
Donald Randolph
Dr. Clarke
Hugh Beaumont
John Harkness
Mae Marsh
Maid (Uncredited)
Benny Carter
Benny (Uncredited)
Steven Geray
George (Uncredited)
Charles Tannen
Steve Brooks (Uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roy Ward Baker made this between A Night to Remember and his Hammer horror period, proving he could do psychological nuance on a shoestring.
The film's entire structure mirrors alcoholic blackouts—fragments, false memories, and the horror of not knowing what you did. Baker reportedly studied actual case studies of dissociative fugue.
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