When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife in his pocket, he worries that he has committed a crime. On the advice of Dr. Middleton, Bone agrees to relax, going to a music performance by singer Netta Longdon. Riveted by Netta, Bone agrees to write songs for her rather than his own concerto. However, Bone soon grows jealous of Netta and worries about controlling himself during his spells.
Genre: Thriller
Stars: Laird Cregar, Linda Darnell, George Sanders, Glenn Langan, Faye Marlowe, Alan Napier
Crew: Barré Lyndon (Screenplay), Bernard Herrmann (Original Music Composer), John Brahm (Director), Robert Bassler (Producer), Joseph LaShelle (Director of Photography), Patrick Hamilton (Novel)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Runtime: 78 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Feb 07, 1945
IMDb: 4.2
Keywords:fire, composer, scotland yard, pop singer, seduction, film noir, murder, strangler, manipulativeness, psychiatry, psycho, repressed memory, garrote, true love, concerto, guy fawkes night, sonata, cunning woman, dissociative identities, pub, forensic medicine, impressario, guy fawkes bonfire, incinerated corpse, chamber orchestra, narcissistic woman