I haven’t watched the whole movie yet. However, coincidentally I had just been texting my niece and explaining to her about something that occasionally happened to me. I sometimes suffer from hallucinations. It’s a condition when a person hears, smells, sees, tastes or feels something that isn’t really there. 😮😮😮
thanks for posting. i had never even heard of this film before. i love movies like this. movies like this, step down to terror, strange intruder 1956 and man afraid 1957 are the kinds of movies that used to play on local channels on saturday afternoons back in the 60's and early 70's.
This problem is still happening all over the world .. and not in 3rd world countries but countries like US, UK, Australia and Canada .. I had a friend who was ill for years but nobody would take her seriously.. eventually she took her own life - very sad 😔
This was really absorbing - and scary - with its noir like black and white theme. Can't imagine how someone (below) aged 11 would have felt after seeing it. I'm in my 70s and could feel the tension from start to finish. Well acted but won't be looking for a repeat viewing.
Thank you very much for posting this very well done, poetic film. Have always liked the Coates novel. Didn't know it had been adapted for film. Thanks again.
Mental illness is so destructive when not treated. Almost 70 years later and mental still is not taking seriously as heart disease; diabetes; cancer…. but just as deadly.
Mental health care is very expensive. Most insurance providers will only pay mental health for a very limited time which proves to be a waste of money. You’re automatically cured when insurance runs out.
I love a film I've never watched before! This one was whack, yet I couldn't stop watching it. It tells an intreging story. Every time I thought I knew the next step of the story or the ending, I did not! Thanks for posting! 😷✌
The takeaway from this movie is what happens when a person is deprived of mental health access because they can't afford it. A message lost in our narcissistic society--until it impacts THEIR family.
@ja maguire free enterprise medicine or socialized medical coverage both are failures in my book for more reasons than can be covered here. Mental and behavior treatment is so expensive and prolonged( it can take a lifetime to deal with some of these issues. How can our society afford such coverage?
@ja maguire your philosophy of the human condition is pure socialism.....National Socialism. I’ve been working in the public mental health field for 42 years. Most are success stories. The one that may not recover live in a restricted environment but contribute in their own way.
Herein an relentless sense of separateness surrounds every aspect of the central character's existence, not unlike that of the protagonist in the movie, "A Bucket of Blood" (Roger Corman), which is also here on RU-vid. The lead characters in both films were well chosen to convey such isolation from the human race. I found compassion for both, and from this perspective both movies were a success. A "B" movie for a "B" life is often a good match.
Edge of Fury, filmed in 1953, released May 1958 (USA), 1 August 1958 (Finland). Michael Higgins as Richard Barrie; Lois Holmes as Florence Hackett; Jean Allison as Eleanor Hackett; Doris Fesette as Louisa Hackett; Malcolm Lee Beggs (as Malcolm Beggs), unnamed part; Craig Kelly as Chub; Beatrice Furdeaux (as Beatrice Furdaux) unnamed part (Associated Producer); Mary Boylan (as Mary Elizabeth Boylan) as Jenny; John Harvey, Freddie. (Not to be confused with British born John Harvey.)
wonderful old fashioned unhinged performance. reminds me of a time before everyone started diagnosing each other with personality disorders and folks could be just plain crazy.
i would really like to see step down to terror 1958. 'saw it when i was a little kid and it scared me badly. i was looking for that when i found this. i am sure to enjoy this also. 'all ready bookmarked it. thanks. 'never heard of this one before. i enjoy discovering films of the 50's and early 60's; those were the films they used to show on tv in the 60's and early 70's on local stations on saturday afternoons.
@@craigwiggan1199 wow! thanks. you are too cool! i greatly appreciate it. i haven't seen that little film in over 50 years! even though it is merely a b-movie remake of hitchcock's a shadow of a doubt i didn't know tht as a little kid and step down to terror really scared me! thanks again.
These movies were made a long time ago y'all don't like them click off the movie. Imagine being negative towards a movie from long time ago just because you think it's negative or boring.
There is little else I like less than a drama that is predictable. I suppose that's the main reason why I really like this one so much. (It definitely was not that!)
This was good especially since it came out in the 50s were stories like this were few and far between and honest in its own way a similar film by universal and directed by Avnet biberman and starring ray danton called the night runner about a mentally ill young man who is let out of a mental institution because they can't handle him because they are too understaffed is excellent too and it might be on you tube too
I just finished this very suspensful story and you recommend the Night Runner. By chance on my left there was Night *Walker* so I checked that out for 15 mins. it's brilliant. Barbara Stanwyck and Robert Taylor by Universal. I can't finish watching, will finish it when time allows. Then I'll check the Night Runner so my plate is full :) Thanks for the heads up or I wouldn't have started this Night Walker lol. Will let you know when I'm done, please tell me if you end up watching it too. I love B&W movies from the 50's and 60's, always good plots and storylines.
Thought I lost my mind when seeing I started watching this movie and stopped long ago. I soon found out when I started to watch it again. I never saw a more badly directed dumb attempt at movie making. The fall of the mid-fifties movie making.
It's old but perfectly watchable..sometimes you have to sacrifice a little cinematographic quality for a better plot/script/acting /direction than most of modern movies.
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