Don't laugh little girl, better run for your life. The man you were talking to, has just murdered his wife!
Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.
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Unpretentious, spare, resolved and classical in form.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jul 20146/10
Uxoricide! I Saw What You Did is directed by William Castle and written by William P. McGivern. It stars John Ireland, Joan Crawford, Leif Erickson, Andi Garrett, Sara Lane and Sharyl Locke. Music is by Van Alexander (Joseph Gershenson supervising) and cinematography by Joseph F. Biroc. When two teenagers on babysitting duties decide to have fun making prank phone calls, their evening turns sinister when they call up a man who has just murdered his wife… William Castle was of course better known for his gimmicks than for his ability as a film maker, I Saw What You Did shows the best and worst of the great entertainer. Castle produces and directs this one so is accountable for getting the mix completely wrong. At times the picture is genuinely suspenseful, the premise at the core superb, but at others it feels like it wants to be a comedy, further compounded by Alexander’s awful musical score. It’s a score that belongs in something like Bewitched or The Munsters, and quite often takes you out of the thriller zone. Castle unsurprisingly borrows off of some films that influenced his career, but aided by McGivern’s screenplay he manages to put some different spins on the twisty plot de
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Cast
- Andi GarrettLibby
- Sara LaneKit
- Joan CrawfordAmy Nelson
- John IrelandSteve Marak
- Leif EricksonDave Mannering
- Sharyl LockeTess
- Patricia BreslinEllie Mannering
- John ArcherJohn Austin
- John CrawfordTrooper
- Joyce MeadowsJudith Marak
Crew
- William CastleDirector
- William P. McGivernScreenplay
- Ursula CurtissNovel
- Joseph F. BirocDirector of Photography
- Van AlexanderOriginal Music Composer
- Edwin H. BryantEditor
- William CastleProducer
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