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The Prowler (1951)  link to The Prowler on IMDb  

Number: 3212

poster The Prowler

IMDb Rating:
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7.3/10 (2554 votes)

Country: USA, 92 minutes

Spoken Languages: English

Genre(s): Thriller, Drama, Film-Noir

Director(s): Joseph Losey

Video Codec: Unknown

Storyline:
In a fancy suburb in California, the gorgeous housewife Susan Gilvray finds a prowler outside her house late one night and she calls the police. Officer Webb Garwood and his partner answer the call but do not find anyone. Later Webb returns to Susan's house with the pretext of checking if everything is OK. Susan invites him in to have coffee with her. Webb soon learns that Susan is married to John Gilvray, a middle-aged broadcaster of a late night radio show. They also discover that they are from the same hometown. Webb makes a pass at Susan and even though she tries to put him off they soon start a love affair. When John becomes suspicious Susan ends her relationship with Webb. Though difficult Webb stays away from Susan. Without Susan's knowledge Webb plots a scheme to get rid of John; he simulates a scenario where John is "accidently" shot dead. There is an inquest and it is ruled that John Gilvray's death was not intentional. Webb quits the police-force a job he was never happy ...

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Cast:

photo Van Heflin Van Heflin Webb Garwood
photo Evelyn Keyes Evelyn Keyes Susan Gilvray
photo John Maxwell John Maxwell Bud Crocker
photo Katherine Warren Katherine Warren Grace Crocker
photo Emerson Treacy Emerson Treacy William Gilvray

Medium: Unknown,

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 4:3