Ben Mankiewicz Intro - Sudden Fear (1952)

Sudden Fear (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Make Me The Heavy

Tight opening from director David Miller, Jack Palance is actor Lester Blaine, impressing everyone in rehearsal except Joan Crawford, as playwright and financier Myra, persuading her lieutenants (Taylor Holmes, Lewis Martin) to let him go, from Sudden Fear, also starring Gloria Grahame.

Sudden Fear (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Junior Is More Impressionable

Actor Lester (Jack Palance), now happily married after some turmoil to San Francisco socialite playwright Myra (Joan Crawford), isn’t expecting Irene (Gloria Grahame), who’s not been mentioned as yet, to appear on the arm of one of their lawyers (Touch a.k.a “Mike” Connors), in Sudden Fear, 1952.

Sudden Fear (1952) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Entitled To A Cut

Wealthy acclaimed playwright Myra (Joan Crawford) on the train from New York is surprised to meet actor Lester (Jack Palance), whom she fired a month before from her now-hit play, by genuine chance, then impressed with his attitude and charm, in Sudden Fear, 1952, from a novel by Edna Sherry.