Susan Peters
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The Sign of the Ram is a 1948 American film noir directed by John Sturges and screenplay by Charles Bennett, based on a novel written by Margaret Ferguson. The drama features Susan Peters, Alexander Knox and Phyllis Thaxter. It also featured Ron Randell.
The Sign of the Ram: Directed by John Sturges. With Susan Peters, Alexander Knox, Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner. A jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- John Sturges
- 1948-03-03
The Sign of the Ram (1948) is a paranoid woman lighthouse-tinted family dynamic film noir with Susan Peters as paralysed poet Leah St Aubyn, a conflicted woman who attempts to psychologically unsettle those around her.
Actor and friend Charles Bickford suggested that Peters option the novel The Sign of the Ram by Margaret Ferguson, which centers on a disabled woman who manipulates those around her. Upon discussing the novel with her agent, Peters pitched the idea to Columbia Pictures, who were enthusiastic about making a film adaptation.
The Sign of the Ram. The personality of Leah St. Aubyn (Susan Peters), a wealthy English poet who uses a wheelchair, has become increasingly volatile and domineering. Despite her marriage to...
- Drama
- John Sturges
- Dennis Schwartz
- Susan Peters
In The Sign of the Ram, she played the family bad seed, whose devotion to Peters makes her act as the disturbed woman's legs, helping to spread rumors and trying to poison Thaxter. Ultimately, however, Peters was the whole show.
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