Cry Wolf

1947 • 83 minutes
4.8
17 reviews
41%
Tomatometer
Eligible
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A sudden death. Cries in the night. A locked laboratory in a windswept mansion. It's hard to say what creates more tension in Cry Wolf, the nerve-tingling atmosphere (enhanced by Franz Waxman's edgy score) or the flashfire romantic chemistry between movie immortals Barbara Stanwyck and Errol Flynn in their only screen pairing. Stanwyck plays Sandra, a recent widow who visits her husband's family for the first time and finds herself drawn to a man she knows she should fear: her husband's remote, controlling uncle (Flynn). He seems to know secrets about the eerie cries, the laboratory and why his nephew was buried in a closed coffin. Can Sandra uncover the truth before a second death occurs?

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4.8
17 reviews
Emperor Karla
May 3, 2017
Flynn and Stanwyck, at their best. Amazing chemistry, fantastic dialogue, some corny parts....but I loved it for the performances alone. Catherine Turney also wrote the script for "Mildred Pierce", which is my favourite Crawford film.
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Jeffrey Baker
February 20, 2015
It's Barbara Stanwyck..need I say more! It's one of her better films. If you love Alfred Hitchcock movies, you'll love this film. (It could easily pass for a Hitchcock film.)
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Sylvie
October 27, 2019
FABULOUS! It's Errol Flynn and Barbara Stanwyck. Need I say more? Marvelous movie!
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