L'étrange rêve

Original title: Blind Alley

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Ralph Bellamy, Ann Dvorak, Chester Morris, and Joan Perry in L'étrange rêve (1939)

Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.Gangster Hal Wilson takes psychiatrist Dr. Shelby hostage. While captive, the doctor analyzes Wilson as though he were a patient.

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Chester Morris

Hal Wilson

Ralph Bellamy

Dr. Shelby

Ann Dvorak

Mary

Joan Perry

Linda Curtis

Melville Cooper

George Curtis

Rose Stradner

Doris Shelby

John Eldredge

Dick Holbrook
(as John Eldridge)

Ann Doran

Agnes

Marc Lawrence

Buck

Stanley Brown

Fred Landis

Scotty Beckett

Davy

Milburn Stone

Nick

Marie Blake

Harriet

Eddie Acuff

State Trooper Stopping Fred
(uncredited)

James Craig

Joe
(uncredited)

Dick Curtis

Trooper with Joe
(uncredited)

Ralph Dunn

Trooper Cronin
(uncredited)

John Hamilton

Warden
(uncredited)

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Trivia
This film was re-made as La fin d'un tueur (1948). It starred Lee J. Cobb as the psychiatrist and William Holden as the killer.

Goofs
The gangster's fingers are supposedly paralyzed, but when he pushes the "Insanity and the Criminal Mind" book back onto the shelf, you can clearly see him flick it into place with one of his "paralyzed" fingers.

Connections
Referenced in Girls Who Like Girls (2001)

Soundtracks
Far Above Cayuga's Waters
(ca 1870) (uncredited)
(Cornell University's "Alma Mater")
Music (from the song "Annie Lisle") by H.S. Thompson (1857)
Played during the opening scene

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5/10

Great Chester Morris Film

Enjoyed this film starring Chester Morris, (Hal Wilson) who has escaped from a prison along with a group of criminals with him. Hal finds a home which is near water where he can make his escape by boat and takes over a home of Dr. Shelby, (Ralph Bellamy) who is a college professor and also a psychiatrist. Dr. Shelby has a house full of guests, his wife and young son and the home becomes one big nightmare for everyone. Shelby tries to calm Hal Wilson and decides to try and solve his mental problems because Hal has killed one person in his house and is capable of killing everyone in the house. The entire household is struggling to keep calm and at the same time try to keep alive. Great Classic 1939 film with all great veteran actors. Enjoy.