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Plot. A widow named Helen Gordon impulsively hires handyman Howard Wilton to help her with house repairs and cleaning, but she quickly discovers that he is dangerous, paranoid and unstable. Howard keeps Helen inside the house for the entire day and she cannot summon help or escape. Cast. Ida Lupino as Helen Gordon; Robert Ryan as Howard Wilton
A mentally disturbed handyman on the run, for reasons even he doesn't understand, takes a job at the house of a lonely war widow in 1918. Helen Gordon hires Howard Wilton as a handyman to do chores around her house. She doesn't know what she's let herself in for.
Beware, My Lovely (1952) is a home invasion amnesia Christmas-themed paranoid delusional maniac film noir starring Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan, two of noir's greatest acting talents.
Two of film noir’s most consistent stars, Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan, star in Harry Horner’s Beware, My Lovely, an intimate portrait of mental illness manifest as domestic torment. Lupino plays Helen Gordon, a war widow in 1918 who hires handyman Robert Wilton (Ryan), a sensitive schizophrenic who develops confused feelings toward Helen and ...
Beware, My Lovely is adapted from Mel Dinelli's (The Spiral Staircase) story and play called "The Man". Pretty much a one set movie and a two character driven piece, the film boasts two great central performances and offers up an interesting take on mental illness.
Jul 27, 2015 · Beware, My Lovely is a chamber-piece of a film noir anchored primarily by Lupino and Ryan, with only a few supporting characters coming in and out. It moves quickly, developing Howard’s psychosis and subsequent possession of the house as something nearly outside of his control.
Jun 8, 1999 · Plot. Helen Gordon hires the itinerant Howard Wilkin to help spring clean her boarding house. However, once in the house, Wilkin, who is prone to complete memory lapses, becomes mentally unstable and makes Helen his prisoner.
