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Vicki (1953)

Vicki (1953)
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Although a few character names and minor details are different, Vicki is a fairly faithful remake of the 1941 murder melodrama I Wake Up Screaming. The title character, Vicki Lynn, played by Jean Peters, is a waitress who is transformed into a top fashion model by press agent Steve Christopher (Elliot Reid). When Vicki is murdered, psychotic detective Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) tries to pin the blame on Christopher. In fact, Cornell knows who the real killer is, but he was so desperately (and hopelessly) in love with the dead girl that he intends to railroad Christopher into the electric chair. With the help of Vicki's sister (Jeanne Crain), Christopher tracks down the genuine culprit and exposes Cornell for the nutcase that he is. Featured in the cast is future TV producer Aaron Spelling. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Starring:
Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, (more)
Director(s):
Harry Horner
Format(s):
DVD
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Although a few character names and minor details are different, Vicki is a fairly faithful remake of the 1941 murder melodrama I Wake Up Screaming. The title character, Vicki Lynn, played by Jean Peters, is a waitress who is transformed into a top fashion model by press agent Steve Christopher (Elliot Reid). When Vicki is murdered, psychotic detective Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) tries to pin the blame on Christopher. In fact, Cornell knows who the real killer is, but he was so desperately (and hopelessly) in love with the dead girl that he intends to railroad Christopher into the electric chair. With the help of Vicki's sister (Jeanne Crain), Christopher tracks down the genuine culprit and exposes Cornell for the nutcase that he is. Featured in the cast is future TV producer Aaron Spelling. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
85 mins

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Director(s):
Harry Horner
Writer(s):
Leo Townsend, Dwight Taylor, Harold R. Greene
Producer(s):
Leonard Goldstein
Categories:
Mystery & Suspense
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    Margaret P.

    Well.....its entertaining.

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    James V.

    If you think the studios didn’t do remakes decades ago (or that the media's PR machine is something recent), take a gander at VICKI, Fox's redo of its 1941 melo-noir "I Wake Up Screaming." Both films are fun--if mixed bags due to, in the first case, a less than stellar performance from female star Jeanne Crain, and in the second, a problem of waffling tone that turns a noir into a near-comedy much too often. Neither fault is fatal, however, as both movies offer clever scripts, choice dialog, generally good performances & direction and an interesting idea of Manhattan life in the 40s & 50s. Watching one after the other provides an object lesson in noir tropes & how to handle same. (The commentary on "Screaming" is lots of fun, as opposed to that on "Vicki," which was stolid and tiresome enough to click off rather quickly.) Both movies offer their plum role to the police investigator: Laird Cregar in "Screaming" & Richard Boone in "Vicki" make the most of this creepy, sad character.

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