Sudden Fear

Sudden Fear
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDavid Miller
Screenplay byLenore J. Coffee
Robert Smith
Based onSudden Fear
1948 novel
by Edna Sherry
Produced byJoseph Kaufman
StarringJoan Crawford
Jack Palance
Gloria Grahame
CinematographyCharles Lang
Edited byLeon Barsha
Music byElmer Bernstein
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Joseph Kaufmann Productions
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$600,000[1]
Box office$1.65 million
(USA rentals)[2]

Sudden Fear is a 1952 American film noir thriller film starring Joan Crawford and Jack Palance in a tale about a successful woman who marries a murderous man. Directed by David Miller, the screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Robert Smith was based upon the novel of the same name by Edna Sherry.[3]

  1. ^ "Joan Crawford Maps Indie Firm with Joe Kaufman". Variety. 21 May 1952. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Top Box-Office Hits of 1952", Variety, January 7, 1953.
  3. ^ Sudden Fear at the TCM Movie Database.