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The Seventh Victim (1943)

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Movie Info

Producer Val Lewton once more utilized leftover Magnificent Ambersons sets for his psychological horror piece The Seventh Victim. Kim Hunter arrives in New York's Greenwich Village in search of her errant sister Jean Brooks. Gradually, the naive Hunter is drawn into a strange netherworld of Satan worshippers. The story is a bit too complex for its own good (especially with only a 71-minute running time to play with), but editor-turned-director Mark Robson and screenwriters Dewitt Bodeen and

Unrated, 1 hr. 11 min.

Drama, Horror, Classics

Directed By: Mark Robson

Written By: DeWitt Bodeen, Charles O'Neal

In Theaters: Aug 21, 1943 Limited

On DVD: Oct 4, 2005

RKO Radio Pictures

Cast

Kim Hunter
Mary Gibson
Tom Conway
Dr. Louis Judd
Hugh Beaumont
Gregory Ward
Isabel Jewell
Frances Fallon
Jean Brooks
Jacqueline Gibson
Evelyn Brent
Natalie Cortez
Erford Gage
Jason Hoag
Elizabeth Russell
Mimi
Chef Joseph Milani
Mr. Romari
Marguerite Sylva
Mrs. Romari
Mary Newton
Mrs. Redi
Wally Brown
Durk
Ben Bard
Mr. Brun
Joan Barclay
Gladys
Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Leo
Wheaton Chambers
Kernan Cripps
Cop
Edythe Elliott
Mrs. Swift
Bud Geary
Barbara Hale
Young Lover
William Halligan
Radeaux
Tiny Jones
News Vendor
Milt Kibbee
Joseph
Adia Kuznetzoff
Ballet Dancer
Lou Lubin
Irving August
Eve March
Mrs. Gilchrist
Howard Mitchell
Cop
Ottola Nesmith
Mrs. Lowood
Charles Phillips
Dewey Robinson
Conductor
Sarah Selby
Miss Gottschalk
Jamesson Shade
Swenson
Lloyd Ingraham
Watchman
Ann Summers
Miss Summers
Betty Roadman
Mrs. Wheeler
Mary Halsey
Bit
Edith Conrad
Woman
Lorna Dunn
Mother
Eileen O'Malley
Edward Thomas
Man
James Cromwell
Marguerita Sylva

Critic Reviews for The Seventh Victim

All Critics (12) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (11) | Rotten (1) | DVD (2)

Even the occasional good performance can't offset this minor dualer.

November 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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This is the greatest of producer Val Lewton's justly celebrated low-budget chillers.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

Endlessly gripping and endlessly fascinating.

April 15, 2011 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

Astonishing

April 1, 2010 Full Review Source: CinePassion

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

the gauziest, maybe the most influential, surely the most underestimated, Lewton production.

October 22, 2009 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Perhaps producer Val Lewton's most personal film, and certainly one of his greatest.

November 15, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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TV Guide's Movie Guide

What other movie opens with Satanism in Greenwich Village, twists into urban paranoia, and climaxes with a suicide?

February 9, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Time Out

It is clear that the film was designed to appeal to an intelligent film-going crowd out for a thrill as well as those just looking to get the bejeezus scared out of them.

October 18, 2005 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You

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Matt Bailey

Not Coming to a Theater Near You

It's a very well-made psychological thriller (before such a term even existed) filled with good performances.

October 15, 2005 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Christopher Null

Filmcritic.com

Creepy classic horror

August 21, 2002 Comment

Ken Hanke

Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

There was also an eerie shower scene that predates Psycho's.

January 1, 2000 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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a brilliant dark mystery from producer val lewton, this was director mark robson's first film. it's a rather obvious inspiration for rosemary's baby with a shower scene that looks awfully familiar as well. with a nihilistic tone and a shocking final scene, it's a wonder this film ever got made in hollywood. one of

May 31, 2008

Stella Dallas

Super Reviewer

The 7th Victim doesn't sound like much on paper but viewing it is an entirely different matter. It's a precursor to Rosemary's Baby, The Third Man and has has a shower scene that... well, just see it for yourself. One of Val Lewton's more impressive accomplishments. The 7th Victim also has a great cast that compliments

November 15, 2006

Michael Gildea

Super Reviewer

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