Movie
Cause for Alarm!
Overview
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.
Details
- Release date
- 1951-03-30
- Runtime
- 74 min
- Genres
- Thriller, Drama, Crime
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Loretta Young as Ellen Jones
- Barry Sullivan as George Z. Jones
- Bruce Cowling as Dr. Ranney Grahame
- Margalo Gillmore as Mrs. Edwards
- Brad Morrow as Hoppy / Billy
- Irving Bacon as Mr. Carston, Postman
- Georgia Backus as Mrs. Warren
- Don Haggerty as Mr. Russell
- Art Baker as Superintendent
- Richard Anderson as Lonesome Sailor
- Jack Daley as Elderly Man
- Robert Easton as Tex
Crew
- Tay Garnett - Director
- Mel Dinelli - Screenplay
- Tom Lewis - Screenplay
- Lawrence B. Marcus - Story
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