Shockproof
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| Shockproof | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Douglas Sirk |
| Produced by | Helen Deutsch Earl McEvoy S. Sylvan Simon |
| Written by | Samuel Fuller Helen Deutsch |
| Starring | Cornel Wilde Patricia Knight |
| Music by | George Duning |
| Cinematography | Charles Lawton, Jr. |
| Editing by | Gene Havlick |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1949 |
| Running time | 79 min |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Shockproof is a 1949 movie starring Cornel Wilde and Patricia Knight.
The director of Shockproof, Douglas Sirk, said he took the assignment because the movie dealt with one of his favorite themes: the price of flouting taboos.
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[edit] Plot
Wilde plays Griff Marat, a parole officer who falls in love with a parolee, Jenny Marsh (Knight). Marsh had gone to prison in order to protect a gambler with whom she was having an affair. Out of concern for her welfare, Marat hires Marsh as a caretaker for his blind mother (Esther Minciotti).
[edit] Trivia
In Samuel Fuller's original script, the film ended with a violent rebellion by Marat against the system that kept him and Marsh apart. The studio had National Velvet scriptwriter Helen Deutsch step in to pen a soft-suds rewrite.
The movie had a disappointing box office in its original run. New York Times reviewer Matt Zoller Seitz indicated that Shockwave's revival run at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater in January 2007 was the film's first run in New York City.
[edit] Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Cornel Wilde | Griff Marat |
| Patricia Knight | Jenny Marsh |
| John Baragrey | Harry Wesson |
| Esther Minciotti | Mrs. Marat |
| Howard St. John | Sam Brooks |
| Russell Collins | Frederick Bauer |
| Charles Bates | Tommy Marat |
| Gilbert Barnett | Barry |
