Fresh
This 1944 film is one of the few psychological thrillers that is genuinely psychological, depending on subtle clues -- a gesture, an intonation -- to thought and character.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Gaslight
Strange drama of a captive sweetheart!
1944 · 1h 54m · Passed
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
George Cukor
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Gaslight
Overview
A newlywed fears she's going mad when strange things start happening at the family mansion.
Director and cast
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88%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Patrick Hamilton's London stage melodrama, is given an exciting screen treatment by Arthur Hornblow Jr's excellent production starring Charles Boyer, Ingrid Bergman and Joseph Cotten.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
Prepare yourselves rather for a lengthy and restless stretch on tenterhooks.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Beautifully filmed in a gloomy, atmospheric black-and-white, Gaslight exhibits all the classic visual elements of '40s film noir.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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