Fear (1946 film)
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5.4/10 Letterboxd Genre Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery Duration Language English | 5.5/10 IMDb Director Alfred Zeisler Music director Edward J. Kay Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 2, 1946 (1946-03-02) (United States) Based on Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky Writer Dennis J. Cooper (original screenplay), Alfred Zeisler (original screenplay) Cast Peter Cookson (Larry Crain), Warren William (Police Capt. Burke), Anne Gwynne (Eileen Stevens), Francis Pierlot (Prof. Stanley), Nestor Paiva (Detective Shaefer), James Cardwell (Ben - a Student)Screenplay Alfred Zeisler, Dennis Cooper Similar movies The Gambler , 21 , Toy Story 3 , Neighbors , Dead Poets Society , Good Will Hunting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fear is a 1946 low-budget film noir directed by Alfred Zeisler. The film is considered a loose adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
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Fear 1946
Plot
A broke medical student in desperate need of tuition money sells everything he owns to a dishonest professor. When the student's scholarship is suddenly taken from him, he flies into a rage and kills the professor, whom he feels is responsible for his situation. His life then begins to improve, but as the student grows more reckless, police suspicion continues to grow.
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Critical reception
Film historians Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward give the film a positive review. "This low budget film is hardly pure Dostoevsky, but it has a visual style superior to and more cohesive than the typical Monogram product."
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