Experiment Perilous (1944)
Average Rating: 6.5/10
Reviews Counted: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1944 Wide
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Officially based on a novel by Margaret Carpenter, Experiment Perilous would seem to be more inspired by MGM's psychological thriller Gaslight. Set at the turn of the century, the film stars Hedy Lamarr as Allida, the beautiful young wife of an elderly "gentleman" named Nick (Paul Lukas). Treating his wife like a possession, Nick keeps her a virtual prisoner in their London town house, cutting off all contact with the outside world. The situation is exacting a terrible emotional toll on Allida
Jan 1, 1944 Wide
RKO Radio Pictures Inc.
Cast
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Hedy Lamarr
Allida Bedereaux -
George Brent
Dr. Huntington Bailey -
Paul Lukas
Nick Bedereaux -
Albert Dekker
Claghorne -
Carl Esmond
John Maitland -
Olive Blakeney
Cissie Bedereaux -
George N. Neise
Alec Gregory -
Margaret Wycherly
Maggie -
Stephanie Bachelor
Elaine -
Mary Servoss
Miss Wilson -
Julia Dean
Deria -
William Post Jr.
D.A. MacDonald -
Bill Ward
Alec age 5 -
Edward Clark
Train Steward -
Adrienne D'Ambricourt
Voice Instructor -
Jack Deery
Doorman -
Almeda Fowler
Clerk -
Joel Friedkin
Brakeman -
Perc Launders
Ambulance Man -
Nolan Leary
Bellhop -
Sam McDaniel
Porter -
Charles McMurphy
Cop -
Peggy Miller
Cissie Age 8 -
John Mylong
Nick Sr. -
Broderick O'Farrell
Frank -
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Michael Visaroff
Ballet Master -
Lawrence Wheat
Caterer -
Janet Clark
Deria as a Girl -
Alan Ward
Shoes -
Evelyn Falke
Cissie Age 5 -
John Elliott
Telephone Operator
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Highly atmospheric thriller.
I wish that the strongest passages of Experiment Perilous were more representative of the film's overall achievements. It's practically an essay in the boons and the perils of starting off wonderfully.
Tourneur's well crafted suspense thriller about a scary husband menacing his wife (Hedy Lamarr) bears thematic resemblance to the far superior Gaslight, by George Cukor, for which Ingrid Bergman won an Oscar.
Elegant mystery melodrama.
Splendid period thriller from Tourneur. Deserves to be better known.
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[URL=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036807/]Experiment Perilous[/URL] is a decent film carried out by a brilliant cast and capable director. It really held my interest from the beginning but it sure stalls toward the middle. I mean why put the fabulously beautiful and talented Hedy Lamarr in a film that is all about her character (Allida) and yet center it mostly around the men. Sure Paul Lukas and George Brent are fun to watch but it is Allida that we came to see DAMMIT.
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The film is a Gaslight like gothic tale that is better. It does not seem contrived. Though it is a costume drama it retains its Daphne type fangothic like qualities like. I wish it was a better setup for Lamarr but I guess anything is better than nothing at all.