In this Gothic tale, a returning WW2 vet goes looking for a small-town girl whom he knows only from letters. It’s the pretext for an off-beat treatment of sexual frustration morphing into a dangerous delusion, and eventually murder.
Cast
William Terry
Sergeant Johnny Meadows
Virginia Grey
Dr. Leslie Ross
Helene Thimig
Mrs. Hilda Blake
Edith Barrett
Ivy Miller
Anne O'Neal
Nurse Thompson
Audley Anderson
Train Conductor
Jimmie Lucas
Waiter
Roy Butler
Cab Driver
Charles Sullivan
Police Driver
Frances Morris
Nurse
George Sherwood
Navy Doctor
Roy Darmour
Sailor
Jack Gardner
Medical Corpsman
Linda Stirling
Rosemary in Portrait (Uncredited)
Crew
Anthony Mann
Director
Bryant Ford
Screenplay
Paul Gangelin
Screenplay
Philip MacDonald
Story
Arthur Roberts
Editor
Reggie Lanning
Director of Photography
Joe Dill
Assistant Director
Rudolph E. Abel
Associate Producer
Adele Palmer
Costume Design
Peggy Gray
Hairstylist
Bob Mark
Makeup Supervisor
T.A. Carman
Sound
Joseph Dubin
Original Music Composer
Morton Scott
Music Director
R. Dale Butts
Additional Music, Orchestrator
Charles Maxwell
Additional Music
Perry Murdock
Set Decoration
Gano Chittenden
Art Direction
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