Cause for Alarm! on DVD, Crime, Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan

Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill him. He writes a letter to his lawyer detailing their alleged murder plot. After he has Ellen give the letter to their postman, he reveals its contents to her and then threatens her with a gun. The excitement proves to much and George suffers a fatal collapse. Now Ellen must find a way to retrieve the incriminating letter. This Girl Is In Danger!

STARS: Loretta Young, Barry Sullivan, Bruce Cowling

74 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir | 1951 | Color

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You don't need fancy cinematography!
When I came across this film on PBS I wasn't going to watch, but it has an attractive quality that sort of sucks you in. Once things started rolling I was glued. It proves that you don't need expensive sets and/or effects to make a great film.
"Cause for Alarm" is suspenseful, and creative, and the only film of it's kind that I have ever come across. I'd recommend it for anyone who doesn't mind watching a black & white with a better plot and better acting than most movies made now-a-days.
I wouldn't be surprised if some big-shot producer somewhere came along in the next few years or so to remake this film. They do it to anything good. It's too easy to take something that's already good, put some frills on it, and release it in theaters as the beautiful banal junk that plays in theaters now. I'm not about to stand on a soap box and go off on a tangent.
So... I recommend that you check this one out! It's worth your time.

Amateur blasé "critics" did not understand
Those who dsmiss this film did not undertand in what genre this gem fits in. I can categorize it with two words: Cornell Woolrich.
This is a Woolrich situation, where an innocent person is involved into a problem way over their head, which may end up in an electric chair.
This film has a brilliant first section filled with great snappy dialogues; that is a big plus in itself. Later, every dialogue is buiit to lead to Loretta's frustration; every character is wonderfully irritating, from the postman to the auntie, or ominous, from the nosy neighbour to the imposing notary.
Some critics decry the absence of realism. Of course these thngs do not happen in the real world. They take place in the Woolrich World, where you bite your nails until lights return. This is an expressionistic, overblown universe at the service of suspense.
In that sense (and that is its sole intention) this film is perfect,