The Sniper (1952)

Directed by

Edward Dmytryk

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 84 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A disturbed man goes on a shooting spree from rooftops in San Francisco. Police and a psychologist try to track him down before he kills again.

tensegrimpsychologicalurbansuspensefulgrittybleaknoirish

What happens

The Sniper is a 1952 American film noir, directed by Edward Dmytryk, written by Harry Brown and based on a story by Edna and Edward Anhalt. The film features Adolphe Menjou, Arthur Franz, Gerald Mohr, Marie Windsor, and Richard Kiley. The film marks Dmytryk's return to directing after he had first been named to the Hollywood blacklist and had a jail term for contempt of Congress. He chose to testify in April 1951, and named fellow members of leftist organizations from his brief time with the Communist Party. Afterward he went into political exile in England for a time. Producer Stanley Kramer was the first to hire him again as a director. The film was shot on location in San Francisco, though the city is not named in the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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