The Shrike(1955)
Film version of Joseph Kramm's Pulitzer Prize play, about a Broadway playwright driven to a nervous breakdown by his shrewish wife.
Movie: The Shrike
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jim Downs
Ann Downs
Charlotte Moore
Ankoritis
Schloss
Mr. Carlisle
Gregory
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