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The Sign of the Ram

  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1 Std. 24 Min.
IMDb-BEWERTUNG
6,2/10
908
IHRE BEWERTUNG
Susan Peters in The Sign of the Ram (1948)
Film NoirDramaThriller

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.A jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.A jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.

  • Regie
    • John Sturges
  • Drehbuch
    • Charles Bennett
    • Margaret Ferguson
  • Hauptbesetzung
    • Susan Peters
    • Alexander Knox
    • Phyllis Thaxter
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  • IMDb-BEWERTUNG
    6,2/10
    908
    IHRE BEWERTUNG
    • Regie
      • John Sturges
    • Drehbuch
      • Charles Bennett
      • Margaret Ferguson
    • Hauptbesetzung
      • Susan Peters
      • Alexander Knox
      • Phyllis Thaxter
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    Susan Peters
    Susan Peters
    • Leah St. Aubyn
    Alexander Knox
    Alexander Knox
    • Mallory St. Aubyn
    Phyllis Thaxter
    Phyllis Thaxter
    • Sherida Binyon
    Peggy Ann Garner
    Peggy Ann Garner
    • Christine St. Aubyn
    Ron Randell
    Ron Randell
    • Dr. Simon Crowdy
    May Whitty
    May Whitty
    • Clara Brastock
    • (as Dame May Whitty)
    Allene Roberts
    Allene Roberts
    • Jane St. Aubyn
    Ross Ford
    Ross Ford
    • Logan St. Aubyn
    Diana Douglas
    Diana Douglas
    • Catherine Woolton
    Jack Deery
    • Engagement Party Attendee
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Gerald Hamer
    Gerald Hamer
    • Vicar Woolton
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Doris Lloyd
    Doris Lloyd
    • Mrs. Woolton
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Paul Power
    Paul Power
    • Engagement Party Attendee
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Gerald Rogers
    • Station Master
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Paul Scardon
    Paul Scardon
    • Perowen
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Margaret Tracy
    • Emily
    • (Nicht genannt)
    Eric Wilton
    • Engagement Party Attendee
    • (Nicht genannt)
    • Regie
      • John Sturges
    • Drehbuch
      • Charles Bennett
      • Margaret Ferguson
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    8bmacv

    A riveting performance, immobile save for the slithery hands

    From the wheelchair to which the actress was confined as the result of a hunting accident three years earlier, Susan Peters builds a controlled, subtle, expert performance that's the centerpiece of John Sturges' The Sign of the Ram. As the paralyzed young stepmother of three children living in a great Gothic pile on the Cornish coast, she conceals her frustrations under a mask of serenity (she writes mawkish poems for a London newspaper under the name Faith Hope) only to unleash them in sly, vindictive manipulation.

    The wheelchair may render her immobile, but her hands, restless and expressive, are ever on the move: posturing with cigarettes and lighter, picking out waltzes on the keyboard, plying her pen, knitting and purling. They seem to have a life of their own – a slithery, reptilian life, fueled by the cold instincts of the brainstem alone.

    The cast around her pulls its weight, too, in particular husband Alexander Knox, best remembered as the president in Darryl Zanuck's overblown biopic Wilson; Phyllis Thaxter as a hired secretary/companion; and Peggy Ann Garner, as an adolescent girl whose warped loyalty to Peters almost has irreversible consequences. Sturges maintains the pace, a brooding andante, while Burnett Guffey coaxes the most out of the labyrinthine house and crashing Irish Sea.

    But it's Peter's movie, and her last (she died four years later). When her machinations come to light, with the fog rolling in, Sturges devises a superb final scene – a cinematic `schlussgesang,' as they called those overwrought soprano passages that rang down the curtain in German opera. She deserved nothing less.
    6planktonrules

    A great idea that kind of fizzled at the end...

    Susan Peters stars as a mentally imbalanced matriarch of a rich English family. As part of the back story, you learn that the man of the house, Mallory (Alexander Knox), remarried a very young woman, Leah (Peters). Shortly after the marriage, Leah is severely injured in an accident and she is paralyzed. On the outside, she is a very happy and well-adjusted woman despite her being stuck in a wheelchair. However, very slowly during the course of the film you start to see that there is a hidden malevolence--a malevolence that is manipulative and just plain nasty. But, because she does all this cleverly, it takes folks a long time to realize what a horrid person she has become. See it yourself to see how wicked she becomes as well as what comes of all this.

    This is an interesting film because in real life, Peters really was wheelchair-bound. A short time before making "The Sign of the Ram", she was accidentally shot and could no longer walk. This Columbia picture is the first and last film she made following her tragic accident. Even more tragic is what happened to Peters' life in the subsequent years.

    As for the film itself, it's got a great setup and the first 85% of it captured my attention very well. It was a great idea and was a bit reminiscent of "Leave Her to Heaven"--another film about a VERY twisted wife who manipulates and kills to get what she wants. Unfortunately, the resolution to the film seemed to come much too prematurely and although good, the ending COULD have been much better. Good but a bit lacking.
    6blanche-2

    an attempt to bring Susan Peters back to the screen

    The promising career of Susan Peters, nominated for an Oscar for "Random Harvest," was cut short when she was shot in a hunting accident and wound up paralyzed. MGM kept her going by having her interview stars for the fan magazines. I know Susan's nurse from those days, and everyone from Clark Gable to Lucille Ball - all the MGM stars - came to Susan's home to be interviewed.

    In 1948, she appeared in this film, "Sign of the Ram," which was tailor-made for her, as it concerned a woman in a wheelchair. Peters plays Leah, married to an older man (Alexander Knox). As this was his second marriage, her family was ready-made. Leah is responsible for having saved the lives of two of his children in the ocean, but she was smashed against the rocks and it left her permanently in a wheelchair.

    Her husband and family are devoted to her, but the truth is that Leah is a manipulative witch who does what she has to in order to keep the focus on her and preventing anyone from finding happiness outside the home. She manages to put the kibosh on two potential marriages by devious means and has one of the children (Peggy Ann Garner) totally brainwashed. When a pretty new secretary (Phyllis Thaxter) is hired, she is very threatened.

    This isn't much of a movie. It's atmospheric but fairly predictable. Also, though it's set in England, the Americans in the cast make no attempt at a British accent.

    Susan Peters was a fine actress, and she does a good job here as an angry, brittle woman who hides her true feelings. This was her last film. She had a go at a TV series and toured with a play which, in fact, came through my home town. She died in 1952, at the age of 31, when her kidneys failed, in part due to anorexia. A terrible end for a beautiful actress who had much to offer in life and on the screen.
    rmartty

    Always one of my favorite movies...

    Since I was a teenager, I loved this movie! It had just the right amount of mystery, intrigue and drama. I loved the study of a controlling, manipulative woman, who was wheel-chair bound, who caused much heartache and death. I didn't know until recently that Susan Peters was actually wheel-chair bound from an automobile accident, I believe. I have been trying to find this movie to purchase it for my home for ages, but no luck! I also wanted to find out if the movie was based on a novel, and what the name is. I thought it was one of the best movies I ever saw, and loved the scenery, with the waves crashing on the shore. I have fond memories of it, and would like to relive them. My horoscope sign, incidentally is THE SIGN OF THE RAM! I don't believe the movie is still available, and would hope that Ted Turner or whoever owns the rights would reprint the movie, so that we could buy it!
    7hitchcockthelegend

    The Tremerrion Tribulations.

    The Sign of the Ram is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay from Margaret Ferguson's novel. It stars Susan Peters, Alexandev Knox, Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner, Ron Randell, Dame May Witty and Allene Roberts. Music is by Hans J. Salter and cinematography by Burnett Guffey.

    Wheelchair bound Leah St. Aubyn (Peters) manipulates everybody around her...

    "It's the sign of the ram. People born under this sign are endowed with a strong will power and obstinacy of purpose"

    The setting is a cliff top mansion, a lighthouse is nearby, its purpose is to steer ships out of the fog and away from harms way. This is the fictitious Cornish place known as Tremerrion, and our play unfolds in the mansion known as Bastions. It's film that has proved to be a bit illusive to pin down, for whatever reasons, and that is a shame because there are plenty things for fans of such devilish dramas to be excited about. The backstory of the leading lady is itself tragic, for Susan Peters would be paralysed from the waist down after a freak hunting accident, this would see her appear in her last film. She gave up on life, tortured by pain and the loss of her ability to walk, she would starve to death and pass away four years later. Thankfully, and it's not sympathetic praise here, she's excellent and leaves film fans a fitting farewell to the movie world.

    "Haven't you sensed it? The undertone, like a warning drumbeat"

    Stripped down it's the story of a woman who manipulates everyone close to her, cunningly so, her reasons deliberately shaded in grey, and the question constantly gnaws away as to just how come her family and confidants can't see it?. Sooner or later something is going to give, and it's the waiting that gives the pic an edginess that's most appealing. This woman has no shame, we are told by her loyal spouse that she's not bitter about her accident, but she so is, but wears it well. She's not only spell bindingly pretty, but she's pretty spell bindingly devious too. The fog rolls in, the waves crash against the coast to marry up with the psychological discord being set loose in Bastions. Salter's music swirls and bites, while genius cinematographer Guffey turns in some class frames (one scene involving criss cross shadows is film noir nirvana).

    "They will stop at nothing to accomplice their purpose - and sometimes meet a violent death"

    Pulsing with jealousies, betrayals, suspicions and a whole host of devious machinations, this be a crafty old devil, a pic deconstructing the human condition with malicious glee. 7/10

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      Susan Peters was on a hunting trip on January 1, 1945 when her rifle accidentally discharged and she was shot. This resulted in her being paralyzed from the waist down. This was the only film she made after the accident.
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    • Zitate

      Clara Brastock: Do you really think i'd stay when i'm not wanted?

      Mallory St. Aubyn: I think you might.

    • Crazy Credits
      "The return to the screen of Miss SUSAN PETERS"
    • Soundtracks
      I'll Never Say I Love You (to Anyone but You)
      Performed by Susan Peters

      Written by Allan Roberts and Lester Lee

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    • Erscheinungsdatum
      • 3. März 1948 (Vereinigte Staaten)
    • Herkunftsland
      • Vereinigte Staaten
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      • Englisch
      • Latein
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    • Drehorte
      • Lizard Point, Cornwall, England, Vereinigtes Königreich(rocky coastline shots)
    • Produktionsfirma
      • Signet Productions
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