Cause for Alarm! (film)

This article is about the 1951 film. For other uses, see Cause for Alarm.
Cause for Alarm!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byTay Garnett
Screenplay byMel Dinelli
Tom Lewis
Based onCause for Alarm
radio play
by Larry Marcus[1]
Produced byTom Lewis
StarringLoretta Young
Barry Sullivan
Bruce Cowling
Margalo Gillmore
CinematographyJoseph Ruttenberg
Edited byJames E. Newcom
Music byAndré Previn
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 30, 1951 (1951-03-30) (New York City)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$635,000[2]
Box office$768,000[2]

Cause for Alarm! is a 1951 melodrama suspense film directed by Tay Garnett, written by Mel Dinelli and Tom Lewis, based on a story by Larry Marcus. Ellen (Loretta Young) narrates the tale of "the most terrifying day of my life", how she was taking care of her bedridden husband George Z. Jones (Barry Sullivan) when he suddenly dropped dead.[3][4] The film is in the public domain.[5]

  1. ^ Vallance, Tom. Lawrence B. Marcus, obituary. The Independent, September 7, 2001. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ a b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study, 1962.
  3. ^ Cause for Alarm! at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
  4. ^ Cause for Alarm! at IMDb.
  5. ^ Cause for Alarm! at Internet Archive.