The Shrike

Duration: 88 min

Release date: 1955-06-16

IMDB

Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.

Drama

The Shrike

Casting arrow_drop_down

as Charlotte Moore

Billy M. Greene

Billy M. Greene

as Mr. Carlisle

Richard Benedict

Richard Benedict

as Miss Wingate

as Carlos O'Brien

as Dr. Schlesinger

as Harry Downs (as Edward C. Platt)

as Jennifer Logan

Jacqueline deWit

Jacqueline deWit

as Katharine Meade

Martin Benedict

Martin Benedict

as Secretary (uncredited)

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Crew arrow_drop_down

William H. Daniels

William H. Daniels

Director of Photography

Aaron Rosenberg

Aaron Rosenberg

Joseph A. Kramm

Joseph A. Kramm

Assistant Director

Alexander Golitzen

Alexander Golitzen

Richard H. Riedel

Richard H. Riedel

Russell A. Gausman

Russell A. Gausman

Jay A. Morley Jr.

Jay A. Morley Jr.

Joseph Gershenson

Joseph Gershenson

Music Supervisor

Leslie I. Carey

Leslie I. Carey

Joan St. Oegger

Joan St. Oegger

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