Storyline

Actor Lester Blaine has all but landed the lead in Myra Hudson's new play when Myra vetoes him because, to her, he doesn't look like a "romantic leading man." On a train from New York to San Francisco, Blaine sets out to prove Myra wrong...by romancing her. Is he sincere, or does he have a dark ulterior motive? The answer brings on a game of cat and mouse; but who's the cat and who's the mouse?—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

older woman younger man relationship, femme fatale, woman in jeopardy, san francisco california, love triangle, murder plot, reference to julius caesar, reference to casanova, broadway manhattan new york city, psychological torment, mistaken identity, reference to friedrich nietzsche, reference to cleopatra, bridge, recording, reference to william shakespeare, f rated, matches, poker, train travel

Short Review

Like many underrecognized treasures, David Miller's Sudden Fear fits into and defies different genres, its convention-scrambling partly the result of the fact that the film looks both forward and back.

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