Cry Wolf

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Cry Wolf

Released Jul 18, 1947

1h 23m

Mystery & Thriller

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A widow (Barbara Stanwyck) visits her husband's (Richard Basehart) family estate, where his rich uncle (Errol Flynn) keeps a secret lab off limits.

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Emanuel Levy

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The plot of this noir melodrama, about family intrigues and insanity set within an ominous house a la Rebecca, is senseless, but potboiler is elevated by actors Stanwyck and Flynn and Franz Waxman's delicious score.

Rated: B-

Jun 21, 2007

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Despite percussive bangs, shaky camera, heavy breathing and shadowy lighting, there are not many scares and some plot points are plain silly.

Mar 16, 2006

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Dennis Schwartz

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Creaky old dark house thriller about a woman in peril.

Rated: B-

Apr 19, 2005

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Doug A

Good mystery. Great performance by Errol Flynn.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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A W

Surprisingly bad. Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck had not one iota of chemistry. Neither character was remotely interesting or likable. They genuinely looked like they might have truly hated each other in real life. All other characters forgettable.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

08/24/23

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Steve D

Keeps you guessing but some elements are contrived.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/04/23

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ed m

Two great stars (Staney and Flynn). Weak movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/08/23

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Audience Member

No more than fair. Wooden performance by Stanwyck. Good music.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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Audience Member

I usually have doubts about murder/mystery movies that are not Alfred Hitchcock productions, but this movie was excellent and perhaps equal to any Alfred Hitchcock movie I have seen. The movie is not easily predictable and the end was completely unexpected. Both Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck put on great performances.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Peter Godfrey

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Errol Flynn

Mark Caldwell

Barbara Stanwyck

Sandra Marshall

Richard Basehart

James Caldwell Demarest

Geraldine Brooks

Julie Demarest

Jerome Cowan

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Synopsis

A widow (Barbara Stanwyck) visits her husband's (Richard Basehart) family estate, where his rich uncle (Errol Flynn) keeps a secret lab off limits.

Director: Peter Godfrey
Producer: Henry Blanke
Production Co: Warner Bros.
Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 18, 1947, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2009
Runtime: 1h 23m

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