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Nightmare (1956)

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Film details

Featuring

Edward G. Robinson Kevin McCarthy Connie Russell
Country

USA
Year

1956
Genre

Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Story of a jazz musician hypnotised into committing a murder and the manner in which his detective brother-in-law clears him.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - René
    
    Edward G. Robinson
  - Stan
    
    Kevin McCarthy
  - Gina
    
    Connie Russell
  - Sue
    
    Virginia Christine
  - Torrence
    
    Rhys Williams
  - Britton
    
    Gage Clarke
  - Madge
    
    Marian Carr
  - cast member
    
    Billy May and his Orchestra
  - cast member
    
    Meade 'Lux' Lewis
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Maxwell Shane
  - Production Company
    
    Pine-Thomas-Shane Productions
  - Producer
    
    William C. Thomas
  - Producer
    
    Howard Pine
  - Screenplay
    
    Maxwell Shane
  - Original novel
    
    Cornell Woolrich
  - Photography
    
    Joseph Biroc
  - Editor
    
    George A. Gittens
  - Art Director
    
    F. Paul Sylos
  - Music
    
    Herschel Burke Gilbert

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