{"id":38132,"date":"2025-01-09T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38132"},"modified":"2025-01-07T17:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T22:10:08","slug":"nightmare-1956-written-directed-by-maxwell-shane-starring-edward-g-robinson-kevin-mccarthy-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=38132","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Nightmare&#8221; (1956) written &amp; directed by Maxwell Shane; starring Edward G. Robinson &amp; Kevin McCarthy \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z010925zview_nightmare.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"667\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><i>Nightmare <\/i>(1956)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Director: \u00a0<strong>Maxwell Shane<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: <strong>Maxwell Shane;\u00a0<\/strong>based on <em>And So to Death<\/em> by <strong>Cornell Woolrich<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Edward G. Robinson, Kevin McCarthy, Connie Russell, Virginia Christine, Gage Clarke, Marian Carr,<br \/>\nBarry Atwater, John Mitchum, Cosmo Sardo <\/strong>and <strong>Rhys Williams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: None.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stan Grayson (McCarthy) wakes from a restless night.\u00a0 Stan dreamed he had a fought and killed a man.\u00a0 When Stan notices strangle marks on his neck, blood on his wrist and a key that he&#8217;s never seen before, he begins to believe it wasn&#8217;t a dream.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Wracked with guilt and confusion, Stan tells his brother-in-law, New Orleans Detective Rene Bressard (Robinson) about the situation.\u00a0 Bressard assures Stan it was just a dream.\u00a0 Stan probably scratched himself as he was tossing and turning.\u00a0 Stan isn&#8217;t so sure.<\/p>\n<p>Things take a turn for the worse when it is discovered that a man was killed where Stan&#8217;s &#8220;dream&#8221; took place. Only the man wasn&#8217;t the only one murdered!\u00a0 Is Stan a killer?\u00a0 Has he been set up?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Nightmare<\/em> features a creative opening and a great mystery set-up.\u00a0 Along the way we get a couple of unexpected turns.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you&#8217;re a fan of mystery movies of this era, you should enjoy <em>Nightmare<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; color: initial;\"><strong><em><i>Nightmare <\/i>(1956) <\/em><\/strong>rates 3 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2025\/z010925zview_nightmare2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nightmare (1956) Director: \u00a0Maxwell Shane Screenplay: Maxwell Shane;\u00a0based on And So to Death by Cornell Woolrich Stars: Edward G. 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