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* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow:
-->'''Vicki:''' I've got a sponsor!\\
'''Jill:''' If that means what it meant back in Harrisburg..."
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'''Jill:''' If that means what it meant back in Harrisburg..."
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American Film Noir directed by Harry Horner, starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, Elliott Reid, and Richard Boone. It is based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'' by Steve Fisher, previously [[Film/IWakeUpScreaming adapted for the screen]] in 1941.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American Film Noir directed by Harry Horner, starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, Elliott Reid, and Richard Boone.Creator/RichardBoone. It is based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'' by Steve Fisher, previously [[Film/IWakeUpScreaming adapted for the screen]] in 1941.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher, previously [[Film/IWakeUpScreaming adapted]] in 1941.
Supermodel Vicki Lynn, whose face is seen everywhere, is murdered, and ace homicide cop Ed Cornell cuts his vacation short to take the case personally. In flashback we see how Vicki rose from ambitious waitress to big black headlines, courtesy of clever publicity man Steve Christopher. Now Cornell seems determined to get Christopher convicted in what begins to seem like a bizarre personal vendetta. Is Steve caught like a rat in a trap?
Supermodel Vicki Lynn, whose face is seen everywhere, is murdered, and ace homicide cop Ed Cornell cuts his vacation short to take the case personally. In flashback we see how Vicki rose from ambitious waitress to big black headlines, courtesy of clever publicity man Steve Christopher. Now Cornell seems determined to get Christopher convicted in what begins to seem like a bizarre personal vendetta. Is Steve caught like a rat in a trap?
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir Film Noir directed by Harry Horner and Horner, starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, Elliott Reid, and Richard Boone. It was is based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written Screaming'' by Steve Fisher, previously [[Film/IWakeUpScreaming adapted]] adapted for the screen]] in 1941.
Supermodel When supermodel Vicki Lynn, Lynn (Peters), whose face is seen everywhere, is murdered, and ace homicide cop Ed Cornell (Boone) cuts his vacation short to take the case personally. In flashback we see how Vicki rose from ambitious waitress to big black headlines, courtesy of clever publicity man Steve Christopher.Christopher (Reid). Now Cornell seems determined to get Christopher convicted in what begins to seem like a bizarre personal vendetta. Is Steve caught like a rat in a trap?
trap? Or can he and Vicki's sister Jill (Crain) find the real killer and [[ClearMyName clear his name]]?
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
Fisher, previously [[Film/IWakeUpScreaming adapted]] in 1941.
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* FryingPanOfDoom: Invoked. When Steve arrives at the apartment to pick up Vicki, Jill opens the door with a frying pan in her hand (she had been making breakfast when he knocked). Steve looks nervously at the pan and assures her she won't need it. Jill's expression indicates that she is not convinced.
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* TapOnTheHead: Jill knocks out Lt. Cornell by hotting him once on the top of the head with a doorstop.
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* TapOnTheHead: Jill knocks out Lt. Cornell by hotting hitting him once on the top of the head with a doorstop.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Even though Vicki claims she is not evil, this is patently not true (and Steve even outright states this during one of PerpSweating sessions). She uses those around her to ruthlessly claw her way to the top of the New York social scene, and then tosses everyone aside to move to Hollywood. It is her decision go Hollywood that gets her murdered.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Even though Vicki claims she is not evil, ambitious, this is patently not true (and Steve even outright states this during one of PerpSweating sessions). She uses those around her to ruthlessly claw her way to the top of the New York social scene, and then tosses everyone aside to move to Hollywood. It is her decision go Hollywood that gets her murdered.
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* AmbitionIsEvil: Even though Vicki claims she is not evil, this is patently not true (and Steve even outright states this during one of PerpSweating sessions). She uses those around her to ruthlessly claw her way to the top of the New York social scene, and then tosses everyone aside to move to Hollywood. It is her decision go Hollywood that gets her murdered.
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* CharacterTitle: A PosthumousCharacter title.
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* HandyCuffs: Lt. Cornell cuffs Steve's hands in front when he arrests him. This allows Steve to cut himself free by locking a hacksaw in a vise after he escapes.
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* TheButlerDidIt: Jill meets up with Steve at the all-night movie house. Steve tells her that he has sat through the movie three times and "the butler did it". He is being being jocular because the movie showing is ''Film/{{Laura}}''.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Creator/JeanneCrain, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Creator/JeanneCrain, Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Creator/JeanneCrain, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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* ShoutOut: To ''''Film/{{Laura}}''. The film opens with a view of Vicki's portrait, which looks eerily like Laura's portrait--same pose, same dress--as if Gene Tierney's head was replaced by Jean Peters' head. Later, Steve and Jill meet up in an all-night movie house which is showing ''Laura''.
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* ShoutOut: To ''''Film/{{Laura}}''.''Film/{{Laura}}''. The film opens with a view of Vicki's portrait, which looks eerily like Laura's portrait--same pose, same dress--as if Gene Tierney's head was replaced by Jean Peters' head. Later, Steve and Jill meet up in an all-night movie house which is showing ''Laura''.
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* ShoutOut: To ''''Film/{{Laura}}''. The film opens with a view of Vicki's portrait, which looks eerily like Laura's portrait--same pose, same dress--as if Gene Tierney's head was replaced by Jean Peters' head. Later, Steve and Jill meet up in an all-night movie house which is showing ''Laura''.
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* StalkerWithACrush: Both Vicki's actual murderer, Harry Williams, and Lt. Ed Cornell, who covers up the crime for him, were in love with, and totally obsessed with, her.
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* DetectiveMole: Lt. Ed Cornell knows who the real killer is, but he is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki, who herself despised him, that he intends to railroad an innocent man to the electric chair.
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* DetectiveMole: Lt. Ed Cornell knows who the real killer is, but [[StalkerWithACrush he is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki, Vicki]], who herself despised him, that he intends to railroad an innocent man to the electric chair.
* FrameUp: Lt. Ed Cornell knows who the real killer is, but [[StalkerwithACrush he is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki]], who herself despised him, that he intends to railroad the innocent Steve Christopher, who he blames for taking Vicki away from him, to the electric chair.
* FrameUp: Lt. Ed Cornell knows who the real killer is, but [[StalkerwithACrush he is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki]], who herself despised him, that he intends to railroad the innocent Steve Christopher, who he blames for taking Vicki away from him, to the electric chair.
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* PowerFist: Lt. Cornell plants a set of brass knuckles in Steve's apartment to [[FrameUp frame him for Vicki's murder]], and then attempts to rough Steve up them; planning claim that he resisted arrest.
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* StalkerShrine: Cornell's apartment is a shrine to Vicki with photos of her everywhere.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: Jill impersonates her murdered sister Vicki on the phone to spook her killer into breaking down and confessing.
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* PerpSweating: Contains multiple examples of the police subjecting suspects to the 'fifth degree': dark room, bright lights in the face, etc. Lt. Ed Cornell is especially brutal in his interrogation of Steve Christopher.
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* TrespassingToTalk: Steve wakes up to find Lt. Cornell sitting is his bedroom waiting to interrogate/threaten him.
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* TrespassingToTalk: Steve wakes up to find Lt. Cornell sitting is his bedroom waiting to interrogate/threaten him.him.
* TapOnTheHead: Jill knocks out Lt. Cornell by hotting him once on the top of the head with a doorstop.
* TapOnTheHead: Jill knocks out Lt. Cornell by hotting him once on the top of the head with a doorstop.
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* PosthumousCharacter: The film opens with Vicki Lynn's murdered body being carried out of her apartment building and loaded on to the meat wagon. She appears throughout the film only in flashback.
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* PosthumousCharacter: The film opens with Vicki Lynn's murdered body being carried out of her apartment building and loaded on to the meat wagon. She appears throughout the film only in flashback.flashback.
* TrespassingToTalk: Steve wakes up to find Lt. Cornell sitting is his bedroom waiting to interrogate/threaten him.
* TrespassingToTalk: Steve wakes up to find Lt. Cornell sitting is his bedroom waiting to interrogate/threaten him.
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* DetectiveMole: Lt. Ed Cornell knows who the real killer is, but he is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki, who herself despised him, that he intends to railroad an innocent man to the electric chair.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Creator/JeanPeters, and Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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* TheCorpseStopsHere: Jill arrives back at her apartment and finds Steve kneeling over Vicki's body. This makes him the number one suspect for the police and Lt. Ed Cornell becomes obsessed with pinning the crime on him.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, and Creator/RichardBoone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, and Creator/RichardBoone.Richard Boone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
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''Vicki'' is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, and Creator/RichardBoone. It was based on the novel ''I Wake Up Screaming'', written by Steve Fisher.
Supermodel Vicki Lynn, whose face is seen everywhere, is murdered, and ace homicide cop Ed Cornell cuts his vacation short to take the case personally. In flashback we see how Vicki rose from ambitious waitress to big black headlines, courtesy of clever publicity man Steve Christopher. Now Cornell seems determined to get Christopher convicted in what begins to seem like a bizarre personal vendetta. Is Steve caught like a rat in a trap?
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* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow:
-->'''Vicki:''' I've got a sponsor!\\
'''Jill:''' If that means what it meant back in Harrisburg..."
* OneWordTitle
* PosthumousCharacter: The film opens with Vicki Lynn's murdered body being carried out of her apartment building and loaded on to the meat wagon. She appears throughout the film only in flashback.
Supermodel Vicki Lynn, whose face is seen everywhere, is murdered, and ace homicide cop Ed Cornell cuts his vacation short to take the case personally. In flashback we see how Vicki rose from ambitious waitress to big black headlines, courtesy of clever publicity man Steve Christopher. Now Cornell seems determined to get Christopher convicted in what begins to seem like a bizarre personal vendetta. Is Steve caught like a rat in a trap?
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* IsThatWhatTheyreCallingItNow:
-->'''Vicki:''' I've got a sponsor!\\
'''Jill:''' If that means what it meant back in Harrisburg..."
* OneWordTitle
* PosthumousCharacter: The film opens with Vicki Lynn's murdered body being carried out of her apartment building and loaded on to the meat wagon. She appears throughout the film only in flashback.
