SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

RyothChatty ridiculous rating

Listonixio Fresh and Exciting

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

writers_reign Yet another Cornell Woolrich/William Irish off-the-wall yarn makes it to the screen. Apparently Eddy Robinson was scornful about this but that didn't prevent him taking on another Woollrich/Irish yarn eight years later with Nightmare. As it happens Robinson turns in a solid, convincing performance as the scamming mentalist who finds he really does have second sight, though it could be argued it's not hard to shine playing opposite Mr. Mahogany, John Lund, who keeps littering the set with sawdust. The female lead is the terminally lovely and ultimately tragic Gail Russell, who is given little to do but look desperate and carries it off to a fare-thee-well. John Farrow provides lots of atmosphere from the right bottle. Recommended.

nomoons11 Once again Edward G. Robinson turns a basic ordinary story into something very watchable....and suspenseful.A former magic act sees things happen to people in the future. He then realizes that these things all happen. 20 years after his magic act has ended he sees a vision of a former friend and it's not a good one. He goes to tell his friend's daughter and the next day...it comes true. That same night she comes to visit him and he sees her death is....imminent. From this we get the suspense and a lot of it. Who's gonna get her? This is a very suspense laden film. Edward G. plays the former magic man/mystic very well and you will believe everything he says. He had a way of turning any average film into something you remember for a few days...and not a few hours after you see it.This is a really creepy little film to look out for. Jump on this one if you get a chance and tell me I'm wrong.

Alex da Silva Triton (Edward G Robinson) has the gift of 2nd sight. He withdraws from life as his ability to foresee the future can be disturbing, especially when he sees people die. This happens on a few occasions but when he meets with his ex-partner's daughter Jean (Gail Russell), we have a countdown to her imminent death before the week is over. The place she will die is "under the stars".This film has a good story and a good cast. Elliott (John Lund) is pretty annoying as a doubter but by the end of the film he has changed his tune. The film starts well with a suicide attempt and we are then taken back in time through flashback sequences to understand the characters before returning to the present as we wait for the death of Jean. There are some omens we are told to look out for - a trampled flower, a gust of wind, a broken vase, lion's feet, some spoken words - and sure enough, they all come true until we arrive at the moment of death - 11pm.William Demarest has some funny lines as "Lt Shawn", the policeman in charge of stopping the tragedy from happening and the story is cleverly tied up. I wasn't too convinced by Gail Russell's ability to negotiate business deals - she seems far too fragile a character to be involved in the hard-edged corporate world. But so what. It's a good film.

Sergeant-4 A jewel in the rough. A small little movie with a great Edward G. Robinson. The loneliness of Triton is played with a big intensity by him. Story, actors and shooting of the film is both, film noir and drama of loneliness and being lost, quite as it is Woolrich's credo in a lot of his novels and screen adaptations. This is one of its best. Eight points.