- Vicki (film)
Infobox Film
name = Vicki
caption = Lobby card
director =Harry Horner
producer = Leonard Goldstein
writer = Story:Steve Fisher
Screenplay:
Dwight Taylor
Leo Townsend
starring =Jeanne Crain Jean Peters
cinematography =Milton R. Krasner
music =Leigh Harline
editing =
distributor =20th Century-Fox
released =September 7 1953
(U.S.A.)
runtime = 85 minutes
language = English
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0046515|"Vicki" (1953) is a
film noir directed byHarry Horner and based on the novel "I Wake Up Screaming," written by Steve Fisher. [imdb title|id=0046515|title=Vicki.] The picture is a remake of the movie "I Wake Up Screaming ."Plot
Vicki Lynn (Peters) is a waitress who is transformed into a fashion model by press agent Steve Christopher (Reid). When Vicki is murdered, detective Ed Cornell (Boone) tries to blame the crime on Christopher.
In fact, the cop knows who the real killer is, but he was so hopelessly in love with the dead girl that he intends to frame the innocent man into the electric chair. With the help of Vicki's sister, Christopher tracks down the real killer and exposes the crooked cop Cornell.
Cast
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Jeanne Crain as Jill Lynn
*Jean Peters as Vicki Lynn
*Elliott Reid as Steve Christopher
*Richard Boone as Lt. Ed Cornell
*Casey Adams as Larry Evans
*Carl Betz as Detective MacDonald
*Aaron Spelling as Harry WilliamsReferences
Notes
External links
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* [http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews24/vicki_dvd_review.htm "Vicki"] at DVD Beaver (includes images).
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