Screaming Mimi (1958)
Release Date: Aug 8, 1958 Wide
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Two years before Hitchcock terrified audiences with the shower scene from Psycho, audiences recoiled at the shower scene in this dark and decidedly twisted psychological thriller. The tale of terror centers on an exotic dancer (Anita Ekberg) who is terrorized by a knife-wielding homicidal maniac. She is cut up but not seriously hurt as her step brother bursts into the bathroom and shoots the killer before he finishes. Unfortunately, the slasher escapes. Time passes, and while the physical
Aug 8, 1958 Wide
Cast
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Anita Ekberg
Virginia Wilson -
Philip Carey
Bill Sweeney -
Gypsy Rose Lee
Joann "Gypsy" -
Harry Townes
Dr. Greenwood -
Romney Brent
Charlie Wilson -
Alan Gifford
Capt. Bline -
Oliver McGowan
Walter Krieg -
Red Norvo
Red Yost -
Vaughan Taylor
Roal Reynarde -
Frank J. Scannell
Paul
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... a real cult item in the film noir filmography, weird and lurid and kitschy, but fascinating all the same.
The movie is discreet by modern standards, but 'Screaming Mimi' has so much sex on the brain the characters almost leak.
This twisted thriller is a scream in all the wrong ways.
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Richard W. Nason, film critic for The New York Times, wrote, "It is a modern case of an artist's unintended voodoo over a girl who undergoes a traumatic experience. It is an effective film of its kind, thanks to some reflective dialogue by Robert Blees and a sense of suspense on the part of Gerd Oswald, the director. Anita Ekberg, who does more acting here than before, is the star. Gypsy Rose Lee and Phil Carey are also on the ball."
She is a dancer who thinks she's committed murder.
No, the script is murder.
Cast
Anita Ekberg as Virginia Wilson aka Yolanda Lange
Philip Carey as Bill Sweeney
Gypsy Rose Lee as Joann "Gypsy" Mapes
Harry Townes as Dr. Greenwood aka Green
Linda Cherney as Ketti
Romney Brent as Charlie Weston
Alan Gifford as Captain Bline
Oliver McGowan as Walter Krieg
Red Norvo as Red Yost
Red Norvo Trio as Musical Ensemble
Directed by Gerd Oswald
Produced by Harry Joe Brown
Robert Fellows
Written by Story:
Fredric Brown
Screenplay:
Robert Blees
Music by Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Cinematography Burnett Guffey
Editing by Gene Havlick
Jerome Thoms
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) June 25, 1958
Running time 79 minutes