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Before I Wake (1955 film)

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wrote: "Wholehearted melodrama, complete with wicked stepmother, glass of poisoned milk, sinister side-glance and hypodermic syringe. As the malevolent Florence, Jean Kent gives a somewhat over-obvious performance, relying for effect on a limited range of meaningful grimaces. The editing is untidy
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Florence for the first time. The former nurse of her mother, she had married April's father after her death. April finds that in the few years she has been away her stepmother has completely changed the house, the old furnishings replaced with
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with loyalty to her new mistress. When her father's will is read, it becomes clear that the redrawn will Florence had been expecting had never been completed and the old will still stands, leaving most of his
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to April in three weeks when she turns twenty one. Convinced that Florence intends to murder her first, April turns to an old friend the local doctor to help her.
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gave the film 2/4 stars for a "Decent suspense mystery," concluding that "The strong point of the film is the credibility Kent gives the story."
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and the pace generally slow, and although there are some moments of suspense they are scarcely enough to carry the film."
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Returning home to England from the United States following news of her father's sudden death in a
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This article related to a British film of the 1950s is a
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Albert S. Rogell
Robert Westerby
Hal Debrett
Steven Pallos
Mona Freeman
Jean Kent
Maxwell Reed
Hugh Miller
Jack Asher
Jim Connock
Leonard Salzedo
United Artists
mystery film
Albert S. Rogell
Mona Freeman
Jean Kent
Maxwell Reed
Walton Studios
Surrey
art director
Scott MacGregor
boating
stepmother
modernist art
maid
inheritance
Mona Freeman
Jean Kent
Maxwell Reed

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