Fear (1946 film)

Fear
Fear
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Alfred Zeisler
Screenplay by	Dennis Cooper; Alfred Zeisler;
Produced by	Lindsley Parsons
Starring	Peter Cookson; Warren William;
Cinematography	Jackson Rose
Edited by	Ace Herman
Music by	Edward J. Kay
Distributed by	Monogram Pictures Corporation
Release date	March 2, 1946 (United States);
Running time	68 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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.

Cast

Peter Cookson as Larry Crain
Warren William as Police Capt. Burke
Anne Gwynne as Eileen Stevens
Francis Pierlot as Prof. Stanley

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."^[1]

References

^ Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, eds. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, film noir analysis by Bob Porfiero, page 102, 3rd edition, 1992. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.

External links

[1] Silver, Alain, and Elizabeth Ward, eds. Film Noir: An Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style, film noir analysis by Bob Porfiero, page 102, 3rd edition, 1992. Woodstock, New York: The Overlook Press. ISBN 0-87951-479-5.

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