Name: I Wake Up Screaming
Genre: Mystery, Crime
Released: 1941-10-31
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Betty Grable, Victor Mature, Carole Landis, Laird Cregar, William Gargan

1941·Mystery·1h 22m

7.1

★

A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitress while out with ex-actor Robin Ray and gossip columnist Larry Evans.

Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone

film noir

broadway

Trailer

IMDB

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Cast

Betty Grable

Jill Lynn

Victor Mature

Frankie Christopher (Botticelli)

Carole Landis

Vicky Lynn

Laird Cregar

Police Insp. Ed Cornell

William Gargan

Jerry 'Mac' MacDonald

Alan Mowbray

Robin Ray

Allyn Joslyn

Larry Evans

Elisha Cook Jr.

Harry Williams

Chick Chandler

Reporter

Cyril Ring

Reporter

Morris Ankrum

Assistant District Attorney

Charles Lane

Keating- Florist

Crew

H. Bruce Humberstone

Director

Edward Cronjager

Director of Photography

Nathan Juran

Art Direction

Alfred Newman

Additional Music

Harold Arlen

Additional Music

Popular Reviews

20 reviews

viv

8.0★ · 01/01/26

Happy birthday Carole 🕊️

Tyler Dean

7.0★ · 11/23/25

The third act of this one really saved it for me!

Betty Grable was lovely as always, but Laird Cregar is haunting here and steals the show!

3 and a half / 5 stars! 🌟

mario

nobody woke up screaming

Connor EverettPRO

6.0★ · 10/23/24

Take a shot every time Somewhere Over The Rainbow plays and you’ll die of liver failure halfway through.

SofiaPRO

8.0★ · 09/11/24

did they have to play “over the rainbow” every other scene? jesus give me break