Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1955-06-16

Languageen

Runtime1h 28m

Production

Universal International Pictures

8.0(2)

•1955•1h 28m

The Shrike

"Destined to be the most talked about Motion Picture of the Year!"

Drama

Overview

Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.

Director

José Ferrer

Writing & Screenplay

Ketti Frings

Cinematography

William H. Daniels

Principal Cast

21 credited

José FerrerJim Downs

June AllysonAnn Downs

Joy PageCharlotte Moore

Kendall ClarkDr. Bellman

Isabel BonnerDr. Barrow

Will KuluvaAnkoritis

Joe ComadoreMajor

Billy M. GreeneSchloss

Leigh WhipperMr. Carlisle

Richard BenedictGregory

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