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Home before dark / Warner Brothers Pictures ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy ; screenplay by Eileen Bassing and Robert Bassing.

Remastered ed.

Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2011.

1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

After a year a young woman emerges from a mental hospital where she has been committed by her husband. When her former 'delusions' seem close to the truth she begins to lose her mind. This film demonstrates how effectively melodrama can both override and simplify the implications of the social issues involved (in this case society's attitude to mental illness) when focused on a strong central performance, one of Simmons' best. While most 'social issue' films tend to date, melodramas like this one have an almost timeless quality.

Not rated by the MPAA.

Archive collection

Archive collection.

Mentally ill -- Drama.

Mental illness -- Drama.

Feature films.

Film noir.

Fiction films.

Simmons, Jean, 1929-2010.

O'Herlihy, Dan, 1919-2005.

Fleming, Rhonda, 1923-2020.

LeRoy, Mervyn, 1900-1987.

Bassing, Eileen, 1908-1977.

Bassing, Robert.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1958.

Filmed in Marblehead, Mass.

Based on the novel by Eileen Bassing.

Director of photography, Joseph F. Biroc ; music, Franz Waxman.

Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming.

DVD, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby digital (English only) and Mono.

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