Overview

Clarinetist Stan has a nightmare about killing a man in a mirrored room. But when he wakes up and finds blood marks on himself and a key from the dream, he suspects that it may have truly happened.

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Filming locations
Filmed in New Orleans
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Setting
Set in New Orleans
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Music
Music by Herschel Burke Gilbert
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc
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Details

Director: Maxwell Shane
Writers: Cornell WoolrichNovel
Maxwell ShaneScreenplay
Status: Released
Release date: August 20, 1956
Original language: English
Countries: United States of America

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Production

Pine-Thomas Productions

Cast

Edward G. RobinsonRene Bressard
Kevin McCarthyStan Grayson
Connie RussellGina
Virginia ChristineSue Bressard
Rhys WilliamsDeputy Torrence
Gage ClarkeBelknap / Harry Britten
Marian CarrMadge Novick
Barry AtwaterCaptain Warner
Meade 'Lux' LewisMeade
Ralph BrooksOscar (Uncredited)
Jack ChefeNightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Sol GorssBob Clune (Uncredited)
John MitchumOnlooker at Stan's Suicide Attempt (Uncredited)
Cosmo SardoNightclub Patron (Uncredited)