The Unseen (1945 film)

The Unseen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Lewis Allen
Produced by	John Houseman
Written by	Adaptation: Hagar Wilde Ken Englund
Screenplay by	Hagar Wilde Raymond Chandler
Based on	the novel Her Heart in Her Throat by Ethel Lina White
Starring	Joel McCrea Gail Russell Herbert Marshall
Narrated by	Ray Collins
Music by	Ernst Toch
Cinematography	John F. Seitz
Edited by	Doane Harrison
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	May 12, 1945 (1945-05-12) (United States)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

The Unseen is a 1945 film directed by Lewis Allen that starred Joel McCrea. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Recording (Loren L. Ryder),^[1] and is based on the novel Midnight House (US title: Her Heart in Her Throat) by Ethel Lina White.

The film was Paramount's follow-up to The Uninvited (1944).

Raymond Chandler was one of the writers of the script.

Plot

At 11 Crescent Drive in a New England village, an unseen killer strangles a woman. Young Barnaby Fielding witnesses this from his window at 10 Crescent and later retrieves the victim's watch.

The boy's new governess, Elizabeth Howard, is unaware at first how attached Barnaby had become to Maxine, his former one. And the boy's father, David, does not take the watch to police because in the past he had been suspected of murdering his wife.

Marian Tygarth, a widow who owns the shuttered-up 11 Crescent, returns to put the house up for sale. Elizabeth, meantime, is accosted by an unseen man and confides in Dr. Evans, a neighbor.

Maxine is found dead and David is missing, causing police to consider him the prime suspect. Marian catches the killer in the act and becomes his next victim. Elizabeth tries to protect Barnaby from his father, whom she has come to love, but it turns out that Dr. Evans is the one responsible for the crimes.

Cast

Joel McCrea as David Fielding
Gail Russell as Elizabeth Howard
Herbert Marshall as Dr. Charles Evans
Phyllis Brooks as Maxine
Isobel Elsom as Marian Tygarth
Norman Lloyd as Jasper Goodwin
Mikhail Rasumny as Chester
Elisabeth Risdon as Mrs. Norris

References

↑ "The 18th Academy Awards (1946) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-19.

External links

The Unseen at the Internet Movie Database
The Unseen at AllMovie
The Unseen at the TCM Movie Database
The Unseen film clip on YouTube

Works by Raymond Chandler

Novels	The Big Sleep Farewell, My Lovely The High Window The Lady in the Lake The Little Sister The Long Goodbye Playback Poodle Springs

Characters	Philip Marlowe

Short story collections	Five Murderers Five Sinister Characters Fingerman and Other Stories The Simple Art of Murder Killer in the Rain The Midnight Raymond Chandler Trouble is My Business Pickup on Noon Street Spanish Blood

Non-fiction	Raymond Chandler Speaking Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler

Screenplays	Double Indemnity And Now Tomorrow The Unseen The Blue Dahlia Strangers on a Train Playback

Film adaptations	Time to Kill (1942) The Falcon Takes Over (1942) Murder, My Sweet (1944) The Big Sleep (1946) Lady in the Lake (1947) The Brasher Doubloon (1947) Marlowe (1969) The Long Goodbye (1973) Farewell, My Lovely (1975) The Big Sleep (1978) Poodle Springs (1998)

Films directed by Lewis Allen

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