Directed by:
Alfred L. WerkerScreenplay:
Walter BullockCinematography:
L. William O'ConnellComposer:
George AntheilCast:
Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart, Natalie Schafer, Benay Venuta, John Ireland, Bud Townsend, Keefe Brasselle (more)Plots(1)
On New Year's Eve, Joan Leslie runs desperately out of a penthouse apartment and into the Times Square crowd. She has reason to flee--she has just shot and killed her husband. Through a freakish wrinkle in time, Leslie is transported back to the last New Year's and is allowed to relive the past year all over again. This time she is forearmed with the knowledge of the murder and does everything she can to avoid the deed--a task made difficult by such antagonists as her nasty husband and her emotionally disturbed brother (Richard Basehart, in his film debut). Events lead inexorably to the murder...but will she do it this time? Cleverly assembled, and with a more expensive cast and budget than was usual for pinchpenny Eagle-Lion studios, Repeat Performance is a brisk and absorbing semi-fantasy. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Louis Hayward
South Africa
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Joan Leslie
USA
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Virginia Field
UK
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Tom Conway
Russian Empire
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Richard Basehart
USA
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Natalie Schafer
USA
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Benay Venuta
USA
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John Ireland
Canada
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Keefe Brasselle
USA
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Mike Lally
USA
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Leyland Hodgson
UK
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Ilka Grüning
Austria-Hungary
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Mack Williams
USA
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Raymond Largay
USA
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Philip Morris
USA
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