
Owen Marks, parked at Lovers' Loop with girlfriend Liz Taggart, surprises a peeping Tom, who knocks him out and kidnaps Liz. The police leap into action when they learn the victim is a cop's daughter. Kidnapper Harold Loftus, the unhinged product of a smothering mother, makes ineffectual advances toward Liz, who staves him off as the police close in, hindered as much as helped by her overprotective father Capt. Dan Taggart.... (Full plot summary below)
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Owen Marks, parked at Lovers' Loop with girlfriend Liz Taggart, surprises a peeping Tom, who knocks him out and kidnaps Liz. The police leap into action when they learn the victim is a cop's daughter. Kidnapper Harold Loftus, the unhinged product of a smothering mother, makes ineffectual advances toward Liz, who staves him off as the police close in, hindered as much as helped by her overprotective father Capt. Dan Taggart.
Leave your thoughts about A Cry in the Night.
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzIt's a lively, but unpleasant, unconvincing and overwrought B-film crime drama. |
| User ReviewMaria VUneven, but still interesting noir crime thriller. It's very much a product of its time, with Edmond O'Brien coming on way too strong as the lead and a script that could use some tighter pacing - especially during some awkward attempts at humor. But the stronger story elements - particularly Raymond Burr's timid, momma's boy psychopath - keep it compelling despite its flaws. |
| User ReviewAllan Cnone of the characters in "a cry in the night" have much of a back story, until the very end when they reveal some information about the taggart family. unfortunately, the information revealed is pretty lame. |