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Duration
  

Language
  
English

6.2/10
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Genre
  
Drama

Cinematography
  
Country
  
United States

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Release date
  
March 3, 1948 (1948-03-03) (United States)

Based on
  
the novel The Signof the Ram by Margaret Ferguson

Writer
  
Charles Bennett (screenplay), Margaret Ferguson (novel)

Cast
  
(Leah St. Aubyn), (Mallory St. Aubyn), (Sherida Binyon), (Christine St. Aubyn), (Dr. Simon Crowdy), (Clara Brastock)

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Tagline
  
Incredible evil!

The Sign of the Ram is a 1948 American film noir directed by John Sturges and written by Charles Bennett, based on a novel written by Margaret Ferguson. The drama features Susan Peters and Alexander Knox.

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Plot

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The story tells of Leah St. Aubyn (Peters) an invalid wife and mother who uses dictatorial control over everyone she knows. Leah's family forgive her temperament due to her medical condition, yet she exploits that fact fully. Eventually her behavior leaves her alone and without friends. Yet, even in her dark moments she insists upon "controlling all." Finally, she engineers her own death.

Cast

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  • Susan Peters as Leah St. Aubyn
  • Alexander Knox as Mallory St. Aubyn
  • Phyllis Thaxter as Sherida Binyon
  • Peggy Ann Garner as Christine St. Aubyn
  • Ron Randell as Dr. Simon Crowdy
  • Dame May Whitty as Clara Brastock
  • Allene Roberts as Jane St. Aubyn
  • Diana Douglas as Catherine Woolton
  • Reception

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    Film critic Bosley Crowther was harsh, writing, "Plainly the story is claptrap. And the direction of John Sturges is such that the illogic and the pomposity are only magnified. By showing Miss Peters, in her wheelchair, as though she were an alabaster doll, with just about as much personality, he has completely denatured her role. And by directing Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner, Allene Roberts and Alexander Knox to hit such a slowness of tempo and such a sombreness of tone that the whole thing drifts into monotony, he has only emphasized the static qualities. If it weren't for the noisy interjection of thunder-drums and pounding surf from time to time, this would be an effective soporofic. And it might have been kinder to let it be."

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    Film critic Hal Erickson wrote, "Far more tasteful than it sounds, Sign of the Ram was a worthwhile valedictory vehicle for Susan Peters, who died a few years after the film's release."


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    References

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