Underplayed Gems

Screaming Mimi (1958)

Screaming Mimi poster
Directed by
Gerd Oswald
Genre
film noir, mystery film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 29 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman who survived a violent assault has trouble remembering the details. A reporter helps her look into a series of murders that may be connected to her past.

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What happens

Screaming Mimi is a 1958 American film noir directed by Gerd Oswald and starring Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey and Gypsy Rose Lee. The story originated as a 1949 novel of the same name by Fredric Brown. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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