Watch I Wake Up Screaming (1941) Free Online

Release Date: 1941

Cast: Victor Mature, Alan Mowbray, Chick Chandler, Betty Grable, Carole Landis, Morris Ankrum, Laird Cregar, Allyn Joslyn, William Gargan, May Beatty

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Crime Fiction, Psychological thriller, Black-and-white, Mystery, Crime Thriller, Film noir

I Wake Up Screaming (originally titled Hot Spot) is a 1941 film noir. It is based on the novel of the same name by Steve Fisher, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dwight Taylor. The film stars Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis, and features one of Grables's few dramatic roles. A young promoter, Frankie Christopher (Mature), is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn (Landis), a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans. Frankie hides out with Vicky's sister Jill (Grable), with whom he is falling in love, but is... MORE

I Wake Up Screaming (originally titled Hot Spot) is a 1941 film noir. It is based on the novel of the same name by Steve Fisher, who co-wrote the screenplay with Dwight Taylor. The film stars Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis, and features one of Grables's few dramatic roles. A young promoter, Frankie Christopher (Mature), is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn (Landis), a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans. Frankie hides out with Vicky's sister Jill (Grable), with whom he is falling in love, but is eventually captured and interrogated by the cops. An obsessive police officer, Cornell, knows that Frankie is innocent but because the evidence is completely incriminating, he tries to put the suspect behind bars anyway. Frankie escapes and eventually finds the murderer's true identity. The film was remade in 1953 as Vicki. I Wake Up Screaming was previewed for the press on October 16, 1941 under the title Hot Spot. The film's score was made up of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the theme from the 1931 film Street Scene, written by Alfred Newman. LESS