Fear (1946 film)
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| Directed by | Alfred Zeisler |
| Produced by | Lindsley Parsons |
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| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
| Edited by | Ace Herman |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures Corporation |
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68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fear is a 1946 low-budget film noir directed by Alfred Zeisler. The film is considered a loose adaptation of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment.
A broke medical student in desperate need of tuition money sells everything he owns to a dishonest professor. When the student's scholarship is suddenly taken from him, he flies into a rage and kills the professor, whom he feels is responsible for his situation. His life then begins to improve, but as the student grows more reckless, police suspicion continues to grow.
Film historians Alain Silver and Elizabeth Ward give the film a positive review. "This low budget film is hardly pure Dostoevsky, but it has a visual style superior to and more cohesive than the typical Monogram product."
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