Shadow on the Wall

Shadow on the Wall (1950)

Some women will stop at nothing!

Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.

Date of release
1950-05-19
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (19)
Runtime
1h 24m
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director
Pat Jackson

Casting

Interesting facts

Shadow on the Wall is a 1950 American psychological thriller film directed by Patrick Jackson and starring Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott and Gigi Perreau and featuring Nancy Davis. It is based on the 1943 story Death in the Doll's House by Hannah Lees and Lawrence P. Bachmann.

Production

The story Death in the Doll's House by Hannah Lees and Lawrence P. Bachmann, upon which the film was based, was first published as a serial in The Saturday Evening Post from January 16, 1943 to February 27, 1943. "Hannah Lees" was a pseudonym used by author Elizabeth Head Fetter. Bachmann had previously written stories and screenplays for medical dramas released by MGM which featured Dr. Kildare and Dr. Gillespie.

Because of the sleeper success of RKO's The Window, which told the story of a young boy who tries to convince others that he's seen a murder, MGM rushed Shadow on the Wall into production. It had the working titles "Death in a Doll's House", "Death in the Doll's House" and "The Open Door".

Margaret O'Brien was originally set to star as the girl, Susan. Three of the film's cast were borrowed from other studios: Zachary Scott from Warner Bros., Gigi Perreau from Samuel Goldwyn and Kristine Miller from Paramount Pictures.

At the time of production, eight-year-old Gigi Perreau had already appeared in 20 films. After a couple of small roles in MGM films, this was the first substantial featured role in a movie for Nancy Davis.

Shadow on the Wall was in production from April 11, 1949 to mid-May of that year. It was released a year later, on May 19, 1950.

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