Edward G. Robinson
Rene Bressard
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Synopsis
A New Orleans musician dreams that he has killed a man in a room of mirrors. Blood, bruises and an unfamiliar key remain when he wakes. His policeman brother-in-law dismisses the account, but the boundary between nightmare and evidence becomes harder to maintain.
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DirectorsMaxwell Shane
Inspirations
Cornell Woolrich's And So to Death supplies a premise in which a person's own experience cannot be trusted. The adaptation brings that uncertainty into a musical New Orleans setting.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Edward G. Robinson — Elmer Fryer · Public domain
- Kevin McCarthy — ABC Television · Public domain
- Connie Russell — NBC Radio-photographer: (first name not fully legible)Kaitila, Chicago. Uploaded by We hope at en.wikipedia · Public domain
- Virginia Christine — photo by Alan Light · CC BY 2.0
