Lewis Allen’s Typical Vibe
2 films — measured, wistful, moderate, clear, uneasy

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Lewis Allen has 2 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1950s.

The Dark Mirror
1946
Thriller · Mystery

Suspicion
1941
Mystery · Romance

The Scarlet Claw
1944
Mystery · Crime

The Desperate Hours
1955
Crime · Thriller

Key Largo
1948
Crime · Thriller

Sorry, Wrong Number
1948
Thriller · Mystery

Gaslight
1940
Thriller · Mystery

Gaslight
1944
Thriller · Drama

A pair of siblings from London [Ray Milland and Ruth Hussey] purchase a surprisingly affordable, lonely cliff-top house in Cornwall, England. Only to discover that it actually carries a ghostly price, and soon they’re caught up in a bizarre romantic triangle from beyond the grave. Rich in atmosphere, The Uninvited, directed by Lewis Allen, was groundbreaking for the seriousness with which it treated the supernatural, haunted house genre, and it remains an elegant and eerie experience, featuring a classic score by Victor Young. A tragic family past, a mysteriously locked room, cold chills, bumps in the night - this gothic Hollywood classic has it all.
Dir. Lewis Allen · With Ray Milland, Ruth Hussey, Gail Russell

The tranquility of a small town is marred only by sheriff Tod Shaw's unsuccessful courtship of widow Ellen Benson, a pacifist who can't abide guns and those who use them. But violence descends on Ellen's household willy-nilly when the U.S. President passes through town... and slightly psycho hired assassin John Baron finds the Benson home ideal for an ambush.
Dir. Lewis Allen · With Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason