The Screaming Mimi (film)
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| Screaming Mimi | |
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 Anita Ekberg in Screaming Mimi |
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| Directed by | Gerd Oswald |
| Written by | based on the novel by Fredric Brown |
| Starring | Anita Ekberg Philip Carey Gypsy Rose Lee Harry Townes |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Screaming Mimi (1958) is a Columbia Pictures release directed by Gerd Oswald and based on the novel by pulp novelist Fredric Brown.
[edit] Plot
In the opening scene set in Southern California, while Virginia Wilson (Anita Ekberg) is taking an outside beach shower, an escaped madman from the sanitarium shows up. He stabs her dog, Devil, attacks her and is then shot to death by a neighbor with a rifle. After the attack, Virginia is committed to a sanitarium. The psychiatrist falls in love with her. He fakes her death, and they go on the lam. Virginia ends up dancing at the El Madhouse night club run by Gypsy Rose Lee. Lee performs Put the Blame on Mame, the classic noir theme from Gilda. All the while Virginia is being stalked by a serial killer. Jazz vibraphonist Red Norvo plays himself. The book the film was based on was remade as L' Uccello dalle piume di cristallo (The Bird with the Crystal Plumage) in 1970, although it's almost nothing like the book.
[edit] Main cast
- Anita Ekberg - Virginia Wilson
- Philip Carey - Bill Sweeney
- Gypsy Rose Lee - Joann 'Gypsy'
- Harry Townes - Dr. Greenwood
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