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Repeat Performance

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A Broadway star (Joan Leslie) kills her husband (Louis Hayward) on New Year's Eve, then eerily gets her wish to live the year over.

Critics Reviews

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Derek Smith Slant Magazine 02/16/2022
4/5
A strange concoction of noir, gothic melodrama, and high-concept sci-fi, a striking outlier of sorts. Go to Full Review
Alison Gillmor Winnipeg Free Press 12/20/2023
For movie fans who like their holiday flicks sardonic, alcoholic and glamorous. Go to Full Review
Matt Brunson Film Frenzy 06/12/2022
3.5/4
A splendid fantasy-cum-noir. Go to Full Review
Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 01/01/2020
B
Unique fantasy melodrama. Go to Full Review
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05/29/2022 Interesting concept. Not usual. See more ashley h @ashleyhobgood87 10/14/2020 Repeat Performance is a boring film. It is about Sheila Page kills her husband Barney on New Year's Eve 1946. Louis Hayward and Joan Leslie give horrible performances. The screenplay is badly written. Alfred L. Werker did a terrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed with this motion picture. See more 12/31/2019 Mildly entertaining melodrama that begins with a murder and immediately takes a fantastical turn as the killer is granted a wish to re-live the year that led to the crime. Joan Leslie with an excellent turn as a co-lead, but I couldn't buy Louis Hayward's performance as her boozing and unfaithful husband. Richard Basehart has a notable role supporting role. See more 12/29/2019 Who on Earth gave this less than four stars? It's a real post-war sock in the face. It's often forgotten that 1946, when this film was being made, had a divorce rate in America of 43%. Incredible, but true: look it up. People were coming back from war wishing they had the prior year to live over again, if only because they felt truly alive in the prior year. I recently lost a friend who would be 97 today (12/29/2019) who told me that the two post-war years were years of unemployment, unhappiness, and unease. You can see that sort of world in this film. It's a piece of American history, with a walloping good story at that. See more 12/29/2019 I loved this story and film. See more 08/19/2015 kinda like the superior 'groundhog day' over & over See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A Broadway star (Joan Leslie) kills her husband (Louis Hayward) on New Year's Eve, then eerily gets her wish to live the year over.
Director
Alfred L. Werker
Producer
Aubrey Schenck
Screenwriter
Walter Bullock
Production Co
Bryan Foy Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 10, 2017
Runtime
1h 31m