Repeat Performance

1947

1h 31m

Drama

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62%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

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.

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Derek Smith

Slant Magazine

A strange concoction of noir, gothic melodrama, and high-concept sci-fi, a striking outlier of sorts.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 16, 2022

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Alison Gillmor

Winnipeg Free Press

For movie fans who like their holiday flicks sardonic, alcoholic and glamorous.

Dec 20, 2023

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

A splendid fantasy-cum-noir.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jun 12, 2022

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Unique fantasy melodrama.

Rated: B

Jan 1, 2020

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Interesting concept. Not usual.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/23

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ashley h

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.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

I loved this story and film.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/16/23

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Audience Member

kinda like the superior 'groundhog day' over & over

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Alfred L. Werker

Director

Joan Leslie

Sheila Page

Louis Hayward

Barney Page

Richard Basehart

William Williams

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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
Production Co: Bryan Foy Productions
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m