The Screaming Woman

1972

1h 14m

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A wealthy former mental patient goes home to her estate to rest and recuperate. While walking the grounds one day she hears the screams of a woman coming from underneath the ground. Her family, however, refuses to believe her story, and sees the incident as an opportunity to prove the woman's mind has snapped so they can take control of her money.

Directors

Jack Smight

Writers

Merwin Gerard(writer by)

Ray Bradbury(short story by)

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Olivia de Havilland

Ed Nelson

Laraine Stephens

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Laura Wynant

Carl Nesbitt

Caroline Wynant

George Tresvant

Dr. Amos Larkin

Howard Wynant

Evie Carson

Police Sergeant

Ken Bronson

Harry Sands

David

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Bernice Wilson

Slater

Ted Wilson

Martin

Alma Bronson

Directors

Jack Smight

Writers

Merwin Gerard(writer by)

Ray Bradbury(short story by)

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7/10

For some reason I kept seeing Helen Hayes in the role played here by Olivia de Havilland. She is a wealthy woman who claims to have heard screams from a body buried in the grounds of her estate. When she reports this to her family, they seize on the chance to have the old girl certified and to take control of her fortune. Can she get to the truth before she ends up in a padded cell? I liked her performance here. For a star of this calibre to play a scatty, and frankly unglamorous, elderly woman showed a skill and a courage that few of her peers would ever have tried to do. Joseph Cotton also joined in the mystery and, along with the imperious Walter Pidgeon, helped generate a frequently amusing and engaging thriller. The writing is a bit ropey and the ending is shocking - it really lets the whole thing down - but as television movies go, this moves along well for just over the hour and is quite entertaining.

Geronimo196728 May, 2023