Shadow on the Wall

May 19, 1950

1h 24m

★ 6.6

Some women will stop at nothing!

Overview

Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Shadow on the Wall Trailers

Cast

Dell Faring

Ann Sothern

David I. Starrling

Zachary Scott

Susan Starrling

Gigi Perreau

Dr. Caroline Canford

Nancy Reagan

Celia Starrling

Kristine Miller

Pike Ludwell

John McIntire

Crane Weymouth

Tom Helmore

Miss Burke

Helen Brown

Olga

Barbara Billingsley

Secretary

Marcia Van Dyke

Bobby

Anthony Sydes

Boy

Jimmy Hunt

Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.

5.3

Silent Fall

Oct 28, 1994

Having seen the double murder of his parents, autistic youth Tim Warden is sent to therapy with controversial therapist Dr. Jake Rainer. Jake tries to probe the silent child about what he saw, but he gets more details about the Wardens' household dynamics from Tim's teenage sister, Sylvie. As he spends more time with the siblings, Jake learns that the Wardens' marriage was not as perfect as it seemed, and he uncovers other new details that might help solve the crime.

6.5

The Forbidden Door

Jan 22, 2009

A successful sculptor's life is turned upside down when he starts to receive mysterious messages from someone asking for his help. As he digs deeper, he discovers a boy is being abused and has to choose between saving the boy or losing everything.

6.8

Unthinkable

May 26, 2010

The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.

6.1

The Man Who Cheated Himself

Dec 26, 1950

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case.

5.6

Chinatown at Midnight

Nov 17, 1949

A young man who steals valuable Oriental objects for a crooked antique dealer is hunted down by the police after his latest Chinatown robbery turns violent.

6.9

The Nanny

Oct 7, 1965

Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.

5.0

Liar, Liar

Jan 24, 1993

The true story of an eleven year old girl who has a reputation for telling tall tales. So when she accuses her father of molesting her, will anybody believe her story?

5.0

Loop

Aug 5, 2017

Some time ago, Mima had a car accident and a man died. She has almost managed to forget about it when someone starts sending her birthday cards perfumed with a man's fragrance.

5.5

Portrait in Black

Jul 27, 1960

A pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.

6.0

Among the Living

Dec 12, 1941

A mentally unstable man, who has been kept in isolation for years, escapes and causes trouble for his identical twin brother.

6.1

The Woman on the Beach

Jun 7, 1947

A sailor suffering from post-traumatic stress becomes involved with a beautiful and enigmatic seductress married to a blind painter.

6.3

711 Ocean Drive

Jul 1, 1950

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

6.7

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

Nov 21, 2003

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

6.3

Love Me Not

Nov 9, 2006

Julian has lived off the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The only way to save himself is to pretend to be the long-lost brother of an heiress and kill her to get her huge fortune. Min, the blind heiress, cold-hearted like Julian, slowly opens herself to him, and he, too, falls for her. But Julian has to pay his creditor and what makes it worse for him is that the illness that took Min’s eyesight relapsed, threatening her life.

6.6

Buried Alive

May 9, 1990

A married woman and her lover plot to kill her husband to make off with the insurance money. However, their attempt to murder him using poisonous fish toxins backfires in surprising ways.

0.0

Shock Value

May 29, 2025

Confined to a 1960s testing room, a man assigned the name of "Teacher" by an unseen voice must conduct a tutoring session with a distant "Student." As the lesson unfolds, their cooperation strains — and a sinister truth surfaces through a series of shocking questions and irreversible choices.

6.3

Tuesday's Guest

Jun 21, 1950

When Charles learns that his wife and her lover want to poison him, he thinks of killing both of them.

6.3

Witness to Murder

Apr 15, 1954

A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.