Beware, My Lovely

Beware, My Lovely (1952)

Trapped by a man beyond control!

A psychopath on the run takes a job as a handyman at the house of a lonely widow.

Date of release
1952-08-29
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (43)
Runtime
1h 17m
Genres
Drama, Crime, Thriller
Director
Harry Horner

Casting

Interesting facts

Beware, My Lovely is a 1952 American crime film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan and Taylor Holmes. The film is based on the 1950 play The Man by Mel Dinelli, who also wrote the screenplay.

Production

The play on which the film is based, The Man, was originally a short story written by Mel Dinelli, who also adapted the story for the stage. It debuted on Broadway in January 1950 with Dorothy Gish in the starring role. The story was also featured on the CBS radio show Suspense as "To Find Help" on January 18, 1945 with Frank Sinatra and Agnes Moorehead.

The film was shot over an 18-day period in 1951 for Collier Young and Ida Lupino's production company the Filmakers. RKO Pictures head Howard Hughes withheld the film from release for a year. Robert Ryan later said that he felt that Hughes had tried to "bury" the film because Ryan was active in left-wing politics.

Earlier in 1952, Lupino and Ryan had costarred in On Dangerous Ground, a film noir directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by John Houseman.

The story was the basis for a 1960 episode of the TV anthology Startime, with Audie Murphy and Thelma Ritter.

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