Fear

In this Americanized retelling of Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment, a medical student--broke, hungry and desperate for money--murders a loan shark to whom he owes money. After the killing, he s tormented by guilt over what he s done. A police captain, who s convinced the student committed the crime but can t prove it for lack of evidence, plays on the young man s guilt in order to get him to confess to the crime. Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com Fear is a 1946 American English-language Drama Film-Noir movie starring Peter Cookson, Warren William, Anne Gwynne, Francis Pierlot, Nestor Paiva, James Cardwell and Lee lasses White. The movie is based on Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Fear was Produced by Lindsley Parsons. The movie is directed by Alfred Zeisler. Monogram Pictures Corporation acquired the distribution rights for the film. Fear was released on 2nd March 1946 and takes a screen time of 68 minutes. Fear was made on a budget of ₹2 crore and at the box office it grossed only $20 million. The screenplay for the movie was written by Dennis Cooper and Alfred Zeisler. Cinematography was done by Jackson Rose and editing by Ace Herman. The music was composed by Edward J. Kay.
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