Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.
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José Ferrer as Jim Downs
June Allyson as Ann Downs
Joy Page as Charlotte Moore
Kendall Clark as Dr. Bellman
Isabel Bonner as Dr. Barrow
Will Kuluva as Ankoritis
Joe Comadore as Major
Billy M. Greene as Schloss
Leigh Whipper as Mr. Carlisle
Richard Benedict as Gregory
Mary Bell as Miss Wingate
Martin Newman as Carlos O'Brien
Herbie Faye as Tager
Somer Alberg as Dr. Schlesinger
Jay Barney as Dr. Kramer
Edward Platt as Harry Downs (as Edward C. Platt)
José Ferrer Director
William H. Daniels Director of Photography
Frank Gross Editor
Aaron Rosenberg Producer
Joseph A. Kramm Teleplay
Ketti Frings Screenplay
Saul Bass Title Designer
John Sherwood Assistant Director
Alexander Golitzen Art Direction
Richard H. Riedel Art Direction
Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Ruby R. Levitt Set Decoration
Jay A. Morley Jr. Costume Design
Joseph Gershenson Music Supervisor
Frank Skinner Music
Leslie I. Carey Sound
The Shrike Trailer
United States 01 September 1955
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