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Nightmare is a 1956 American film noir crime film directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy and Connie Russell. The story is based on a novel by William Irish (a pseudonym of Cornell Woolrich).
Nightmare: Directed by Maxwell Shane. With Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine. A New Orleans musician has a nightmare about killing a man in a strange house but he suspects that it really happened.
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- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Maxwell Shane
- 1956-05-11
In New Orleans, jazz musician Stan Grayson experiences a nightmare in which he is tormented by an unfamiliar woman's face reflected in a strange room full of mirrors. As a weird melody repeats, a man attempts to break into a safe and when he sees Stan, he attempts to strangle him.
- Maxwell Shane, Robert Justman, Al Murphy
- Edward G. Robinson
Nightmare (1956) - Film Noir. Classic Film Noir exposes the myths by which we fulfil our desires — sex — murder — and the suburban American dream. Nightmare (1956) is a tortured male lead psychological thriller mystery film noir directed by Maxwell Shane and starring Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy and Connie Russell.
In New Orleans, jazz musician Stan Grayson experiences a nightmare in which he is tormented by an unfamiliar woman's face reflected in a strange room full of mirrors. As a weird melody repeats, a man attempts to break into a safe and when he sees Stan, he attempts to strangle him.
Overview. Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened. Maxwell Shane. Director, Screenplay. Cornell Woolrich. Novel. Written by on February 10, 2014.
