SLEEP MY LOVE

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• Release Year: 1948
• Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
• Plot: The great Douglas Sirk (Magnificent Obsession) directed the third and final teaming of Claudette Colbert and Don Ameche.This Hitchcockian thriller casts Colbert as Alison Courtland. a wealthy New York socialite who awakens on a Boston-bound train with no memory of how she got there. A kind. elderly woman helps Alison call her husband Richard (Ameche), who in the meantime had contacted Detective Sgt. Strake (Raymond Burr. TV's Perry Mason) to help him find his missing wife. On the plane back home, Alison meets Bruce Elcott (Robert Cummings, The Devil and Miss Jones), who's immediately enamored with her. Upon Alison's return, Richard urges her to consult a psychiatrist, but the doctor's bizarre behavior and abusive manner nearly drives Alison mad. Is she really losing her mind or is there an elaborate scheme at play? This classic film noir features wonderful atmospheric cinematography by Joseph A. Valentine (Shadow of a Doubt. Saboteur) and stylish art direction by William Ferrari (Adam's Rib). Co starring the Beautiful Hazel Brooks (Body and Soul). ;
• Cast: Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings, Don Ameche, Rita Johnson, George Coulouris, Queenie Smith, Ralph Morgan, Keye Luke, Fred Nurney, Raymond Burr, Marya Marco, Lillian Bronson, Hazel Brooks, Murray Alper, Edgar Dearing, Jimmie Dodd, Robert Dudley, Eddie Dunn, James Flavin, Bess Flowers, Lee Tung Foo, Ralph Montgomery, Ralph Peters, Lillian Randolph, Syd Saylor, Charles Sherlock, Anne Triola, Beal Wong, Douglas Sirk, St. Clair McKelway, Leo Rosten
• Director: Douglas Sirk
• Runtime: 1:37
• Company: Paramount, Paramount Pictures
• Media Format: Movie