The Seventh Victim (1943) deserves its own thread

You have good taste, OP. And I bet you have great bangs.

It's a haunting exploration of urban loneliness and what lonely people do to deal with the loneliness. The scene near the end between Jacqueline and the woman with tuberculosis (played by Elizabeth Russell) who has decided to go out for one last night is especially sad and haunting.

Since I failed in my duty as R1, let me add some advice to the OP: Just drink the poison, bitch!

It's a movie definitely worth a look:

Directed by Mark Robson, who became famous (or infamous) for directing Valley of the Dolls about 25 years later.

The Satanic subject matter was unusual for a major Hollywood studio (RKO) in 1943.

Most of the cast is little remembered today, except for Kim Hunter in her film debut.

Homosexual (lesbian) currents flow throughout the film -- including its setting in Greenwich Village.

Watch for a young Hugh Beaumont. He plays a good guy.

A rare combination of noir and horror genres.

A rare downbeat ending for a Hollywood movie at the time.

It's such and odd film. In a way it reads like a "dream" or a "fairy tale" (no pun): Jacqueline first appearance and disappearance, the subway ride, the shower scene....

Jeez, I need to see this, never heard of it before. Going looking!

I was wondering if this movie was mentioned in the most recent “favorite film noir films” thread, but stumbled upon this one instead.

Man, Hugh Beaumont was GORGEOUS and has BDF and BDV. I never noticed on Leave It To Beaver just how handsome he was. Granted, he was younger in this film so it’s more evident.

Anyway, this is a great one.

[quote]I never noticed on Leave It To Beaver

You fool! He oozed masculine charm and sexiness. Even my 8 year old self recognized it. Your gay card will be suspended for seven days. I'm sorry but such things cannot be tolerated.

Love this movie

I know, R8, I’m sorry. When I was watching Beaver in syndication as a kid, I was only attracted to women. Believe it or not.

My favorite of Val Lewton's masterpieces. It may seem somewhat incomplete, as if a couple of scenes were lost somewhere along the way. But it exerts a fascination that lasts well beyond its running time, and is full of moments and images that are hard to forget.

It holds up well to repeat viewings, so I hope it will get a blu-ray release now that we have the blu-rays of my other favorite Lewtons, "Cat People," "Curse of the Cat People," and "The Leopard Man."

Thanks OP for bringing this one up; I've sometimes wondered if anyone likes this admittedly bizarre film as much as I do.

Unfortunately Hugh Beaumont's acting in this film was not really acting, more like speaking well and having good posture.

The shower scene was the basis for the famous one in Hitchcock's Psycho