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Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 melodrama suspense film directed by Tay Garnett, written by Mel Dinelli and Tom Lewis, based on a story by Larry Marcus. Ellen (Loretta Young) narrates the tale of "the most terrifying day of my life", how she was taking care of her bedridden husband George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) when he suddenly dropped dead.
- $635,000
- André Previn
- Tom Lewis
Cause for Alarm!: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling, Margalo Gillmore. An invalid husband (Barry Sullivan) wrongly believes his wife (Loretta Young) and doctor (Bruce Cowling) are conspiring to kill him and outlines that suspicion in a letter, which causes a serious concern when he ends up dying anyway.
- (2.5K)
- Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
- Tay Garnett
- 1951-07-18
With Cause for Alarm, she took a chance on a smaller scale film combining the film noir genre with a form of dramatic realism currently on display in European films of the era. To play a housewife victimized by an invalid husband who's been driven mad by the wrong heart medication she did away with glamour makeup and wore dresses straight off ...
- Tay Garnett, Jack Greenwood
- Loretta Young
Cause for Alarm! (1951) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Feb 27, 2024 · Cause for Alarm! by Glenn Erickson Feb 27, 2024. It’s a micro-scaled domestic noir: Loretta Young’s frantic housewife is tormented by a deranged husband, an invalid gone paranoid and determined to frame her for murder. Tay Garnett directs to spotlight Young’s increasing distress, with Barry Sullivan providing the psychotic menace.
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Invalid George Jones (Barry Sullivan) is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen (Loretta Young) and his doctor (Bruce Cowling) are having an affair and also planning to kill him. He writes a letter to the district attorney detailing their alleged murder plot. After he has Ellen give the letter to their postman ...