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Directed by | Joel Newton |
Produced by | Berman Swarttz |
Screenplay by | Bernard Girard Richard Dorso |
Based on | the Feb. 1949 Cosmopolitan short story "Jennifer" by Virginia Myers |
Starring |
Ida Lupino Howard Duff Robert Nichols Mary Shipp |
Music by | Ernest Gold |
Cinematography | James Wong Howe |
Edited by | Everett Douglas |
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Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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73 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Jennifer is a 1953 film directed by Joel Newton and starring Ida Lupino, Howard Duff, and Robert Nichols.
Agnes Langley (Ida Lupino) is down on her luck and is hired by Lorna Gale (Mary Shipp) to replace the "missing" Jennifer as caretaker for the currently mysterious Southern California unoccupied estate. Langley finds a diary and becomes obsessed with Jennifer and her "disappearance". She takes on a mission to find out what actually happened to the other woman.
Time Out magazine (London) writes of the film, "This is gothic romance crossed with early-'50s noir, worth a look for the sake of the great Wong Howe. Grey-listed and taking what work he could get, he tackles even this B-picture for Monogram with unfailing artistry, creating images that are strong without being showy, atmospheric yet perfectly naturalistic."