A Shriek In The Night

Starring: Rogers, Ginger and Talbot, Lyle

Product Description

A bloodcurdling scream splits the night, sending the neighborhood's residents to their windows in terror. A gruesome scene awaits them - the lifeless body of a millionaire sprawled on the pavement. Reporter Ted Rand (Lyle Talbot) arrives to investigate the mysterious death, only to find his chief rival, Pat Morgan (Ginger Rogers), already on the scene. While the two battle to break the story, three subsequent murders follow, and the police and newspapers alike are unable to uncover the killer in their midst. When Morgan receives a threatening message, the manhunt is redoubled, taking the police and Rand on a frenzied race to save Pat's life and root out the murderer.A Shriek in the Night reunites Talbot and Rogers after their work together in The Thirteenth Guest. A breathless and suspenseful thriller, it stands as a shining example of the ingenuity and finesse of which "poverty-row" director Albert Ray was capable.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 089218421494
• Release Date: April 2010
• Rating: Unrated (Not Rated)
• Publisher: Gotham (DBA Alpha)
• Director: Ray, Albert
• Starring: Rogers, Ginger, Talbot, Lyle
• Runtime: 1 hour, 7 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"

Customer Reviews

Can love flourish between rival detectives?

You know this is going to be a great movie when it starts with a Police Inspector. Russell (Purnell Pratt) says, "I'm the inspector, I can say anything." Also, we find that Ginger Rogers can do more than dance. The film starts dark and has a sort of German expressionist feel. A body is dropped and splat! We hear a shriek in the night. Looks like Mr. Parker fell off the roof garden. This is only the beginning, and that daring duo of reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Kord (Ginger Rogers, Lyle Talbot) may be in love and trying to outguess the inspector. This may have four more consequences than they expect. For such a short movie, this can get convoluted and have many parallel tales. As we suspected all along, we should have listened to the suggestion of Wilfred (Arthur Hoyt). It is also fun watching all the old technology from the police calling card fourteen to the old-timey switchboards. Even the cabs seem strange to the modern eye. Also, where did Ginger Rogers get that hairstyle?