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      Beware My Lovely

      1952 1h 17m Drama List
      Reviews 55% 50+ Ratings Audience Score Widow Helen Gordon (Ida Lupino) hires Howard Wilton (Robert Ryan) to do some odd jobs around her large Victorian mansion. What she doesn't know is that Wilton is actually a murderous schizophrenic prone to violent blackouts. Although he has no memory of it, Wilton killed his last employer, and when his grip on his sanity begins to slip away while working at Helen's house, she has to think on her feet to keep him calm and rational until she can escape from her home and get help. Read More Read Less

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      Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Howard Horner brings a baroque sensibility to both the design and the blocking, and cinematographer George E. Diskant's deep focus photography imbues the film with all the hallmarks of noir and women-in-peril picture. Rated: 3.5/5 Dec 27, 2020 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews An unpleasant woman-in-peril crime thriller. Rated: C Oct 18, 2004 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Excellent noir, outstanding performances my Ryan and Lupino Great cinematography by Dinskat Looks and feels like a RKO film as in should Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/22/23 Full Review Audience Member It is about a mentally unstable man who takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow who becomes his hostage. Movie was promising at begining but later very boring, it is more boring than suspense. It feels like the movie is longer than it actually is. And, the end is very disappointing. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Excellent. Excellent. What an unknown gem of a suspense movie. The plot goes places you don't expect. The tension is superb. The two leads are well matched. The great --underrated in his day--Robert Ryan has possibly never been better. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member A psychopath takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow. Beware My Lovely is a taut suspenser tailor-made for the talents of Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan. Lupino plays a pretty widow who impulsively hires handyman Ryan to look after her house. She soon learns Ryan is a dangerous schizophrenic, but by the time she comes to this realization she is unable to escape her house. The tension mounts apace, leading to an unexpected but quite logical finale. Produced by Lupino's then-husband Collier Young, Beware My Lovely was released by RKO Radio. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review ashley h Beware, My Lovely is an okay film. It is about a psychopath who takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow. Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan give good performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Harry Horner did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member In a Film Noir mood the past few days, so I decided to dig into something else with Robert Ryan and UIda Lupino, and while I enjoyed it for the most part I was slightly put off by the fact that I felt as if we joined the story mid-stream and just got swept along with a soap opera's existing story instead of watching a stand-alone film. Worth a rental. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Widow Helen Gordon (Ida Lupino) hires Howard Wilton (Robert Ryan) to do some odd jobs around her large Victorian mansion. What she doesn't know is that Wilton is actually a murderous schizophrenic prone to violent blackouts. Although he has no memory of it, Wilton killed his last employer, and when his grip on his sanity begins to slip away while working at Helen's house, she has to think on her feet to keep him calm and rational until she can escape from her home and get help.
      Director
      Harry Horner
      Production Co
      The Filmakers Group
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 10, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 17m