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     Midnight Lace
1960  NR  DRAMA  1h 43min
CAST— Doris Day, Rex Harrison, John Gavin, Myrna Loy
MUSIC— Frank Skinner  DIRECTOR— David Miller  BASED ON— Matilda Shouted Fire (play), by Janet Green

     Doris Day stretches her acting muscles in this suspense yarn with a Hitchcockian flair. Three months ago American Day married Londoner Rex Harrison and wedded bliss ensued. Now relocated across the pond Day struggles with being European. Things grow even more irksome when she begins to receive death threats out of the fog and over the telephone. She rallies the support of her husband and aunt but really, what proof does she have? The police are skeptical and soon this begins to wear off on Day’s loved ones as well. Things escalate when dangerous accidents occur, leaving Day in a state of hysteria. The suspects are numerous but early guesses (especially by those in the audience who’ve seen either version of Gaslight [1940/1944]) may prove worthwhile. A fine cast adds class to the whole affair, though the roles of both Herbert Marshall and Roddy McDowell could have been beefed up. All in all a bit transparent but entertaining nevertheless.
OUR RATING— ** ½
REMADE AS— Midnight Lace (1981)