Cry Wolf

Cry Wolf

1947 · 83 min · EN · 6.1 (30 votes)
Dir. Peter Godfrey · Starring Errol Flynn, Barbara Stanwyck, Geraldine Brooks, Richard Basehart, Jerome Cowan, John Ridgely · Music Franz Waxman

“The howl in the night is the voice of danger.”

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A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.

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A suffocating atmosphere of suspicion and dread permeates this gothic mystery. Unease builds with every hushed conversation and shadowed glance, as a woman navigates a web of deceit within a seemingly idyllic, yet deeply unsettling, rural estate.

suspensefulmelancholicuneasyclaustrophobicslow-burnclassic Hollywoodgothicmysteryfilm noirgreedfamily secretsmistrustinheritance
horseback ridingwidowhalf-brotherfilm noirlaboratoryrural areainheritancelast will and testamentdeathinherited diseasewakesister-in-lawmistrustdumbwaiterdark secret
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