Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
Jeffrey Hunter
- Jim Grayam
- (as Jeff Hunter)
Kathie Browne
- Angie DeWitt
- (as Kathie Brown)
Victoria Paige Meyerink
- Julie Benson
- (as Victoria Meyerink)
Leon Alton
- Spectator
- (uncredited)
Tom Anfinsen
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
David Armstrong
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThere are several connections with the cast and crew: Dana Andrews and Jeffrey Hunter appeared in The Frogman together, in 1951... Hunter played Andrews' character in Lure Of The Wilderness, which was a remake of Swamp Water... Dana Andrews and Anne Francis had worked together twice: In The Crowded Sky (as pilot and flight attendant) and The Satan Bug (as father and daughter)... Jeffrey Hunter was directed by William Conrad in The Man From Galveston... And Viveca Lindfors played Pilate's wife in King of Kings, where Hunter played Jesus Christ.
- GoofsWhen Dr. Larstadt is looking at the x-rays of what is supposedly Grayam's skull, the films are clearly not all of the same person. Note the different dental work in the last two images, for example.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Trailer Trauma 2: Drive-in Monsterama (2016)
Featured review
Brainstorm
This is probably the most complex role I ever saw Jeff (no - rey) Hunter ever undertake, and he's actually not at all bad. He is "Grayam", a man who comes to the aid of the slightly inebriated wife of his boss. "Lorrie" (Anne Francis) is considerably more grateful than her husband "Benson" (Dana Andrews) and it soon becomes clear that she has the hots for him and he, however reluctantly at first, is beginning to reciprocate. Pretty swiftly they are having an affair and rather curiously her husband seems to know all about it and care not a jot. He knows his wife will never leave her wealthy and confortable life - he plays a manipulative game and he plays it well. To thwart this, the two come up with a plan to eliminate "Benson" in plain sight and to cleverly orchestrate the scenario so as to allow his use of a plea of insanity. He sows the seeds well, gradually convincing all around him that he's not the full shilling before... What he didn't really reckon on though was the fickleness of "Lorrie" and the adeptness of the court-appointed psychiatrist "Larstadt" (Viveca Lindfors) who plays well here as the doctor who clearly knows how to play this game of intellectual cat and mouse every bit as well as her quarry. It's perhaps a little too long - too much time is spent on the establishment scenes, but Hunter, Francis and Lindfors are effective here as William Conrad gradually builds this into a sophisticated psychological drama that twists and turns nicely before a denouement that I found to be suitably pathetic. It's rarely seen these days, and may be a bit tame by 21st century standards, but it is a strong and characterful story that is well delivered and well worth a watch.
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- Apr 3, 2023
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- Also known as
- Das teuflische Spiel
- Filming locations
- 8433 Fallbrook Avenue, Canoga Park, California, USA("Benson Industries" building - then TRW's west headquarters, since demolished)
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
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- 2.35 : 1
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