My Name Is Julia Ross
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| Directed by | Joseph H. Lewis |
| Produced by | Wallace MacDonald |
| Written by | Story: Anthony Gilbert Screenplay: Muriel Roy Bolton |
| Starring | Nina Foch Dame May Whitty |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Editing by | Henry Batista |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 8, 1945 (U.S.A.) |
| Running time | 65 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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My Name is Julia Ross (1945) is a film noir directed by Joseph H. Lewis, based on the novel The Woman in Red by Anthony Gilbert. This drama is the first in a series of film noirs directed by Lewis and features Nina Foch, Dame May Whitty, George Macready, among others.[1]
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[edit] Plot
Julia Ross (Foch) secures employment as secretary for a wealthy widow, Mrs. Hughes (Whitty), and moves into her house. Two days later, she awakens in a house with high walls surrounding it keeping her captive.
She's in different clothes and has a new identity. The young woman is told she is the daughter-in-law of Mrs. Hughes and has suffered a nervous breakdown. She soon learns that the son of Mrs. Hughes has murdered his wife, disposed of her body and, with his mother's help, plans to pass Julia off as his wife. A panicked Julia desperately tries to contact her boyfriend, one of the only people in England who might be able to help her.
[edit] Cast
- Nina Foch as Julia Ross
- Dame May Whitty as Mrs. Hughes
- George Macready as Ralph Hughes
- Roland Varno as Dennis Bruce
- Anita Sharp-Bolster as Sparkes
- Doris Lloyd as Mrs. Mackie
[edit] Critical reception
The staff at Variety magazine praised the production, writing, "Mystery melodrama with a psychological twist runs only 64 minutes but it's fast and packed with tense action throughout. Acting and production (though apparently modestly budgeted) are excellent."[2]
Channel 4's film review lauded the work of the director, and wrote, "Think of this as the 1945 equivalent of the modern-day US indie hit. This ultra low-budget B-movie thriller set new standards in small-scale film-making and so impressed makers Columbia Pictures that Lewis's shooting schedule was almost doubled."[3]
[edit] Adaptation
The film was remade as Dead of Winter (1987), directed by Arthur Penn.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ My Name Is Julia Ross at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Variety. Film review, November 8, 1945. Last accessed: January 19, 2008.
- ^ Channel Four. Film review, 2008. Last accessed: January 19, 2008.
- ^ Dead of Winter at the Internet Movie Database.
[edit] External links
- My Name Is Julia Ross at the Internet Movie Database.
- My Name Is Julia Ross at Allmovie.
- My Name Is Julia Ross at the TCM Movie Database.
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