The Shrike

[1955, Movie, NR, 88 mins]

The Shrike: Review

The gross miscasting of lovable June Allyson as a manipulative woman sets this drama on its ear. A shrike is an innocuous-looking bird that sometimes impales its prey on thorns. The hit play adopted this image for its female lead character, a vicious person who manipulated her kowtowing husband to such a degree that he winds up in an insane asylum. Here the situation is soft-pedaled, so that Ferrer, as the husband, eventually does go into a mental ward, but more as a result ... read more

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Year: 1955
Rated NR

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Cast
Jose Ferrer: Jim Downs
June Allyson: Ann Downs
Joy Page: Charlotte Moore
Ken Clark: Dr. Bellman
Isabel Bonner: Dr. Barrow
Jay Barney: Dr. Kramer

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