I Know Who You Are and Saw What You Did
A prank telephone call turns deadly when two teenagers dial a murderer's number.
Film Details
Genre
Horror/Scientific discipline-Fiction
Adaptation
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
Jan 1965
Premiere Information
Minneapolis opening: 14 May 1965
Production Visitor
Universal Pictures
State
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Out of the Dark by Ursula (Reilly) Curtiss (New York, 1964).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 22m
Sound
Mono
Color
Blackness and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.78 : ane
Synopsis
Dave and Ellie Mannering are preparing to leave for an overnight trip when their bodyguard becomes ill. They reluctantly exit the responsibility for the house and 9-year-old Tess to her teenaged sister, Libby. Libby's friend Kit joins them, and they brainstorm a telephone game in which they telephone call people at random and ask empty-headed questions. One of the numbers they find belongs to Steve Marak, whose married woman, Judith, is virtually to get out him. Judith answers Libby's call and tries to get Steve out of the shower, just their continuing statement becomes and so intense that he murders her. Steve takes the body into a wooded area and buries information technology. He returns to discover Amy, his widowed neighbour who is in love with him, waiting at the house. Libby calls Steve again, using the name Suzette, and says, "I saw what you did, and I know who yous are." Steve begins to panic and tries to counter Libby's quips with his own questions concerning a rendezvous. Amy becomes jealous while overhearing the conversation and goes into the bathroom; there she finds Judith'south encarmine clothes and realizes what has happened. The girls, curious to see Steve, visit him; but Amy sends them away after pocketing their automobile registration. Steve kills Amy when she tries to blackmail him into living with her; and, taking the automobile registration, he goes to the girls' dwelling house. Kit'south father picks her upwardly, and she eventually tells him the story. He calls the police, and they make it at the Mannerings' home in fourth dimension to shoot Steve earlier he strangles Libby.
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Motion picture Details
Genre
Horror/Science-Fiction
Adaptation
Drama
Thriller
Release Date
Jan 1965
Premiere Information
Minneapolis opening: 14 May 1965
Product Company
Universal Pictures
Land
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel Out of the Night by Ursula (Reilly) Curtiss (New York, 1964).
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 22m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Attribute Ratio
1.78 : i
Articles
The Gist (I Saw What You Did) - THE GIST
After her late life comeback in Robert Aldrich'southward What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Joan Crawford was something of a hot commodity again. Pushing threescore, she would never regain her erstwhile A-listing altitude but she enjoyed proper noun recognition with a new generation of moviegoers and that proper noun retained a degree of star wattage. Every bit had her Baby Jane costar Bette Davis, Crawford had entered the "horror hag" phase of her career. (She reteamed with Davis for Aldrich's Southern Gothic follow-upwards, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte [1964], just quit the production shortly after the start of chief photography.) When she agreed to accept the lead role in William Castle's Strait-Jacket (1964), as an unstable woman piecing her life together later on a stay in a mental hospital (to which she had been committed for murdering her hubby and his lover with an axe), Crawford had a roster of conditions - and number one was "no gimmicks." A journeyman director who honed his arts and crafts cranking out second features for Columbia'south "B-hive," Castle had branded himself with a succession of promotional stunts: an insurance policy offered to those who might die of fright during Macabre (1958), a prop skeleton ("Emergo") flown over the heads of audiences watching Business firm on Haunted Hill (1959) and "Percepto," an electronic buzzer that jolted the punters in their seats while viewing The Tingler (1959>. Crawford and her handlers felt that this blazon of stunt was below her dignity and The King of the Gimmick agreed to take the high road... although he subsequently gave away "bloodstained" cardboard axes at select theaters.
Strait-Jacket'due south boffo box office brought Castle and Crawford back together a year later for I Saw What You Did (1965). Based on mystery writer Ursula Curtiss' 1963 novel Out of the Dark, the film is a prescient and forward-looking excursion into the horror subcategory of teen terror. Although the trunk count here is exceedingly small (no gimmicky cinematic UnSub would dare call it a night later only two kills), it's not difficult to discern the design for such classics of the "slasher" bike as Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974), John Carpenter'southward Halloween (1978), Fred Walton's When a Stranger Calls (1979) and Wes Craven'south Scream (1996) in this tale of loftier school-aged prank callers who prey on the wrong guy. (The film'southward precredit scene, a telephone conversation between juvenile leads Andi Garrett and Sara Lane, looks equally though information technology were shot through the eyeholes of Michael Myers' Halloween mask.)
Teens in peril were not unknown to genre filmmaking in 1965 simply with few exceptions underage characters were slotted more reliably into the less punishing realm of scientific discipline fiction: The Giant Claw (1957), The Blob (1958), The Behemothic Gila Monster (1959) and Teenagers from Outer Infinite (1959). A decade later, moviemakers faced much less disquisitional resistance and public backlash for killing off teenagers but in 1965 Castle was probably wise to play information technology safe. Withal, his depiction of the typical American suburb as a hotbed of roiling psychosexual restlessness, voyeurism, bribery and homicide concealed backside a scrim of evergreen Americana (cinematographer Joseph Biroc shot Frank Capra's It'due south a Wonderful Life [1946]) argues for I Saw What Y'all Did's significance as a linchpin between Peyton Identify and Twin Peaks.
Producer: William Castle
Director: William Castle
Screenplay: William P. McGivern; Ursula Curtiss (novel)
Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
Music: Van Alexander
Film Editing: Edwin H. Bryant
Bandage: Joan Crawford (Amy Nelson), John Ireland (Steve Marak), Leif Erickson (Dave Mannering), Sarah Lane (Kit Austin), Andi Garrett (Libby Mannering), Sharyl Locke (Tess Mannering), Patricia Breslin (Ellie Mannering), John Archer (John Austin), John Crawford (Trooper), Joyce Meadows (Judith Marak), Douglas Evans (Tom Ward), Barbara Wilkin (Mary Ward).
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The Gist (I Saw What You Did) - THE GIST
After her late life comeback in Robert Aldrich'due south What Always Happened to Infant Jane? (1962), Joan Crawford was something of a hot article again. Pushing 60, she would never regain her sometime A-list altitude but she enjoyed name recognition with a new generation of moviegoers and that name retained a degree of star wattage. As had her Baby Jane costar Bette Davis, Crawford had entered the "horror hag" phase of her career. (She reteamed with Davis for Aldrich's Southern Gothic follow-up, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte [1964], but quit the production shortly after the showtime of master photography.) When she agreed to have the atomic number 82 role in William Castle's Strait-Jacket (1964), as an unstable adult female piecing her life together subsequently a stay in a mental hospital (to which she had been committed for murdering her husband and his lover with an axe), Crawford had a roster of atmospheric condition - and number one was "no gimmicks." A journeyman director who honed his arts and crafts cranking out second features for Columbia'southward "B-hive," Castle had branded himself with a succession of promotional stunts: an insurance policy offered to those who might dice of fearfulness during Macabre (1958), a prop skeleton ("Emergo") flown over the heads of audiences watching Firm on Haunted Hill (1959) and "Percepto," an electronic buzzer that jolted the punters in their seats while viewing The Tingler (1959>. Crawford and her handlers felt that this blazon of stunt was below her nobility and The King of the Gimmick agreed to take the high road... although he afterwards gave abroad "bloodstained" cardboard axes at select theaters. Strait-Jacket's boffo box office brought Castle and Crawford dorsum together a twelvemonth later on for I Saw What You Did (1965). Based on mystery writer Ursula Curtiss' 1963 novel Out of the Dark, the film is a prescient and forward-looking excursion into the horror subcategory of teen terror. Although the torso count hither is exceedingly pocket-sized (no contemporary cinematic UnSub would dare call it a dark after only two kills), it'south not difficult to discern the blueprint for such classics of the "slasher" bike as Bob Clark's Blackness Christmas (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), Fred Walton's When a Stranger Calls (1979) and Wes Craven's Scream (1996) in this tale of high school-aged prank callers who prey on the wrong guy. (The movie's precredit scene, a telephone conversation between juvenile leads Andi Garrett and Sara Lane, looks as though it were shot through the eyeholes of Michael Myers' Halloween mask.) Teens in peril were non unknown to genre filmmaking in 1965 but with few exceptions underage characters were slotted more reliably into the less punishing realm of science fiction: The Giant Hook (1957), The Hulk (1958), The Giant Gila Monster (1959) and Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). A decade later, moviemakers faced much less critical resistance and public backlash for killing off teenagers but in 1965 Castle was probably wise to play information technology safety. Notwithstanding, his delineation of the typical American suburb as a hotbed of roiling psychosexual restlessness, voyeurism, blackmail and homicide concealed behind a scrim of evergreen Americana (cinematographer Joseph Biroc shot Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life [1946]) argues for I Saw What Y'all Did'southward significance as a linchpin between Peyton Identify and Twin Peaks. Producer: William Castle Managing director: William Castle Screenplay: William P. McGivern; Ursula Curtiss (novel) Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc Music: Van Alexander Moving picture Editing: Edwin H. Bryant Bandage: Joan Crawford (Amy Nelson), John Ireland (Steve Marak), Leif Erickson (Dave Mannering), Sarah Lane (Kit Austin), Andi Garrett (Libby Mannering), Sharyl Locke (Tess Mannering), Patricia Breslin (Ellie Mannering), John Archer (John Austin), John Crawford (Trooper), Joyce Meadows (Judith Marak), Douglas Evans (Tom Ward), Barbara Wilkin (Mary Ward). BW-82m. by Richard Harland Smith
Insider Info (I Saw What You lot Did) - BEHIND THE SCENES
In the original script of I Saw What You Did, the part of Amy Nelson, the killer'southward adjacent door neighbor, was a small office. The studio decided to aggrandize the role in hopes of attracting a proper name actress.
Barbara Stanwyck was first offered the function of Amy Nelson but turned it down as she was busy with her Boob tube serial Big Valley. Stanwyck had worked with managing director William Castle previously in The Night Walker (1964).
Joan Crawford worked only 4 days on I Saw What Y'all Did and was paid $50,000, plus a per centum of the profits. Besides the favorable bargain terms, she accepted the office because it kept her in the public center and was better than most of the scripts she was being offered.
Crawford's 25-year-old adopted daughter Cheryl had wanted to play i of the teen heroines in I Saw What You Did but was as well old for the role.
Director William Castle cast Sara Lane and Andi Garrett in the ii main roles of Kit and Libby, respectively, while they were still in high school. It was the film debut for both actresses.
During the filming of I Saw What Yous Did Crawford took nips from her e'er nowadays flask of vodka during breaks and it obviously shows in her operation in certain scenes.
Andi Garrett, who plays Libby in the motion-picture show, was completely intimidated by her scene with Joan and was genuinely terrified when the older actress attacked her, pulling her hair and dragging her to the car in their big dramatic scene.
In his autobiography, William Castle related this tidbit about the making of I Saw What Yous Did: "In the days of the silent film, to become the cast in the mood before a scene, directors used music - a violinist or pianist would select music to match the mood of the given scene. Using the same principle, I played a record each forenoon earlier shooting - a footling jingle I had written:
Don't laugh trivial girl,
Meliorate run for your life,
The human yous just talked to
Has murdered his wife.
Just to keep the girls in practice, I allowed them to really make several crank calls a mean solar day from numbers picked at random out of the phone book. To feel the bodily results, they improvised the calls, getting a sense of reality which they would later translate to the screen."
When an interviewer asked Joan why she was making I Saw What You lot Did, she replied, "Because I think the film will have a terrific identity with parents and audiences." George Cukor, who had known Joan for years and directed her in numerous films at MGM, after said, "Of course she rationalized what she did. Joan even lied to herself. She would write to me about these pictures, actually believing that they were quality scripts. You could never tell her they were garbage. She was a star, and this was her next picture. She had to keep working, as did Bette [Davis]. The 2 of them spawned a regrettable bicycle in movement pictures."
Famous for his promotional gimmicks, Castle had very specific ideas about the marketing of I Saw What You Did: "Tying up with telephone companies around the country and having huge plastic phones in front end of each theatre advertising the motion picture seemed good showmanship at the time. Merely the gimmick backfired and the wrath of the telephone company descended upon me full nail. A phone number placed in the newspapers around the country asked people to call for a special message. Upon dialing, a girl'due south voice answered and whispered sexily, "I saw what you did and I know who y'all are," and then made a date to meet the potential customer at whatever local theatre was showing the picture. The whole gimmick would have worked beautifully, except the teen-agers of America took the "phone game" seriously...It seemed that virtually every teen-ager in the country was on the phone, making crank calls by the thousands, jamming the phone lines. In retaliation, the telephone company would not allow us to advertise any further phone numbers and also took abroad the huge plastic phones in front of the theatres. They even threatened to disconnect my home telephone, and when I called to apologize, they hung upward on me."
Castle even had a backup promotional gimmick for I Saw What You Did: "To guarantee safety for the patrons of I Saw What You Did, I devised...a special shock section in the theatres, where audiences could avail themselves of seat belts, much similar those in airplanes, and so they would stay in their seats during shocks."
by Jeff Stafford
Sources:
Step Right Upwardly! I'chiliad Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Picture show Mogul by William Castle
Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr past David Bret
Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography by Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell
Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud past Shaun Considine
Insider Info (I Saw What You Did) - BEHIND THE SCENES
In the original script of I Saw What You Did, the role of Amy Nelson, the killer's next door neighbor, was a minor function. The studio decided to expand the function in hopes of attracting a name actress. Barbara Stanwyck was first offered the office of Amy Nelson but turned information technology down as she was decorated with her Television set series Large Valley. Stanwyck had worked with director William Castle previously in The Dark Walker (1964). Joan Crawford worked only four days on I Saw What You Did and was paid $50,000, plus a percentage of the profits. Besides the favorable deal terms, she accepted the part because it kept her in the public eye and was amend than about of the scripts she was existence offered. Crawford'due south 25-yr-one-time adopted daughter Cheryl had wanted to play i of the teen heroines in I Saw What You Did simply was as well old for the function. Managing director William Castle bandage Sara Lane and Andi Garrett in the two main roles of Kit and Libby, respectively, while they were still in high school. It was the film debut for both actresses. During the filming of I Saw What You Did Crawford took nips from her ever present flask of vodka during breaks and it manifestly shows in her functioning in sure scenes. Andi Garrett, who plays Libby in the moving-picture show, was completely intimidated by her scene with Joan and was genuinely terrified when the older actress attacked her, pulling her pilus and dragging her to the car in their big dramatic scene. In his autobiography, William Castle related this tidbit virtually the making of I Saw What You Did: "In the days of the silent film, to get the cast in the mood before a scene, directors used music - a violinist or pianist would select music to match the mood of the given scene. Using the same principle, I played a record each morning time earlier shooting - a little jingle I had written: Don't laugh piffling daughter, Meliorate run for your life, The man y'all but talked to Has murdered his wife. Just to keep the girls in practice, I allowed them to really make several crank calls a day from numbers picked at random out of the phone book. To feel the bodily results, they improvised the calls, getting a sense of reality which they would after interpret to the screen." When an interviewer asked Joan why she was making I Saw What Yous Did, she replied, "Because I call up the film volition accept a terrific identity with parents and audiences." George Cukor, who had known Joan for years and directed her in numerous films at MGM, later said, "Of grade she rationalized what she did. Joan even lied to herself. She would write to me well-nigh these pictures, really believing that they were quality scripts. You could never tell her they were garbage. She was a star, and this was her adjacent picture. She had to go on working, equally did Bette [Davis]. The 2 of them spawned a regrettable cycle in motion pictures." Famous for his promotional gimmicks, Castle had very specific ideas about the marketing of I Saw What You Did: "Tying up with telephone companies effectually the land and having huge plastic phones in front of each theatre advertising the picture seemed good showmanship at the time. Simply the gimmick backfired and the wrath of the phone visitor descended upon me full blast. A phone number placed in the newspapers effectually the state asked people to call for a special message. Upon dialing, a girl'south phonation answered and whispered sexily, "I saw what you did and I know who y'all are," and so made a date to meet the potential customer at whatever local theatre was showing the picture. The whole gimmick would have worked beautifully, except the teen-agers of America took the "phone game" seriously...It seemed that almost every teen-ager in the country was on the phone, making crank calls by the thousands, jamming the phone lines. In retaliation, the telephone visitor would not let united states of america to advertise any farther telephone numbers and also took away the huge plastic phones in front of the theatres. They even threatened to disconnect my home telephone, and when I chosen to apologize, they hung upwardly on me." Castle even had a backup promotional gimmick for I Saw What You Did: "To guarantee prophylactic for the patrons of I Saw What You Did, I devised...a special shock section in the theatres, where audiences could avail themselves of seat belts, much similar those in airplanes, so they would stay in their seats during shocks." by Jeff Stafford Sources: Step Right Up! I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Movie Mogul by William Castle Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr past David Bret Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography by Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud by Shaun Considine
In the Know (I Saw What You Did) - TRIVIA
William Castle was born William Schloss on April 24, 1914, in New York.
After attention a stage product of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, a teenaged Castle introduced himself to the star and was invited to work as an banana phase manager when the evidence went on bout.
Another of Castle's early jobs was playing Uncomplicated Simon in Bloomingdales Department Shop'south "Living Nursery Book."
Every bit a immature director for the Columbia Picture Corporation's B-motion-picture show unit, Castle turned his hand to a cord of second features through the thirties and forties.
The success of the French Les Diaboliques (1955) prompted Castle to endeavour his own horror picture show, Macabre (1958).
Realizing that Macabre lacked shock value, Castle devised a life insurance gimmick to protect audience members from dying of fright during the film.
Joan Crawford was built-in Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, on March 23, 1905.
Crawford worked as a chorus daughter in Chicago and New York before heading for Hollywood in 1925.
Crawford was signed by MGM in 1925 and stayed with the studio for xviii years.
In 1943, Crawford left Metro to sign with Warner Brothers. Afterward a two twelvemonth absenteeism from films, she won the "Best Actress" Academy Award® for Mildred Pierce (1945).
Joan Crawford was married iv times. Her outset husband was Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and her last was Pepsi Cola CEO Alfred Steele.
Joan Crawford died on May 10, 1977.
William Castle died on May 31, 1977.
I Saw What You Did was remade for television past Universal/CBS in 1988.
Novelist Ursula Curtiss too penned the source material for Lee H. Katzin's What E'er Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969).
Screenwriter William P. McGivern wrote the source novels for Fritz Lang'due south The Big Heat (1953), Robert Wise'southward Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Robert Altman'southward Nightmare in Chicago (1965) and Robert Butler'due south Night of the Juggler (1980).
Joan Crawford and John Ireland had previously acted together in Queen Bee (1955). Their costar in that motion picture was Betsy Palmer, afterwards the murderous Mrs. Voorhees of Fri the 13th (1980).
past Richard Harland Smith
Sources:
Step Right Up! I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Film Mogul by William Castle
Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr by David Bret
Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography by Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell
In the Know (I Saw What Y'all Did) - TRIVIA
William Castle was born William Schloss on Apr 24, 1914, in New York. After attending a stage production of Dracula starring Bela Lugosi, a teenaged Castle introduced himself to the star and was invited to piece of work as an assistant phase manager when the show went on tour. Some other of Castle'southward early jobs was playing Simple Simon in Bloomingdales Department Shop's "Living Plant nursery Book." As a young director for the Columbia Picture Corporation'south B-picture show unit, Castle turned his hand to a string of 2d features through the thirties and forties. The success of the French Les Diaboliques (1955) prompted Castle to endeavor his own horror moving-picture show, Macabre (1958). Realizing that Macabre lacked shock value, Castle devised a life insurance gimmick to protect audience members from dying of fright during the flick. Joan Crawford was born Lucille Fay LeSueur in San Antonio, Texas, on March 23, 1905. Crawford worked as a chorus daughter in Chicago and New York earlier heading for Hollywood in 1925. Crawford was signed past MGM in 1925 and stayed with the studio for eighteen years. In 1943, Crawford left Metro to sign with Warner Brothers. Subsequently a ii year absence from films, she won the "Best Actress" Academy Award® for Mildred Pierce (1945). Joan Crawford was married four times. Her start husband was Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., and her terminal was Pepsi Cola CEO Alfred Steele. Joan Crawford died on May 10, 1977. William Castle died on May 31, 1977. I Saw What You Did was remade for television by Universal/CBS in 1988. Novelist Ursula Curtiss besides penned the source fabric for Lee H. Katzin'south What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? (1969). Screenwriter William P. McGivern wrote the source novels for Fritz Lang'due south The Large Oestrus (1953), Robert Wise's Odds Against Tomorrow (1959), Robert Altman's Nightmare in Chicago (1965) and Robert Butler's Night of the Juggler (1980). Joan Crawford and John Republic of ireland had previously acted together in Queen Bee (1955). Their costar in that film was Betsy Palmer, later the murderous Mrs. Voorhees of Friday the 13th (1980). by Richard Harland Smith Sources: Step Right Up! I'chiliad Gonna Scare the Pants Off America: Memoirs of a B-Movie Mogul past William Castle Joan Crawford: Hollywood Martyr by David Bret Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography by Lawrence J. Quirk and William Schoell
Yea or Nay (I Saw What Yous Did) - CRITIC REVIEWS OF "I SAW WHAT Yous DID"
"Arriving in a splash of fanfare, with a cast headed by Joan Crawford, I Saw What Y'all Did is a generally broad and belabored expansion of a nifty idea...Tightened, minus nigh one-half an hour and with the entire story held to the impressionable viewpoint of the youngsters, the offset film would accept brightened and chilled considerably more. Unfortunately, William Castle, the director-producer, dawdles the tempo. And at that place is a redundant eye chapter involving the aroused, snarling killer...The youngsters, Andi Garrett, Sarah Lane and a perky footling toddler named Sharyl Locke, are altogether delightful."
- Howard Thompson, The New York Times
"Though the plot is thin, the film offers a chilling atmosphere and the performances are effective"
Television set Guide
"...pretty mild stuff past Castle standards, coming off such outrageous horror fests as The Tingler [1959] and Homicidal [1961], but the results are notwithstanding bully fun and unmistakably display the touch of the master...The shower sequence is one of the more amusing Psycho [1960] imitations; in this case, the victim is fully dressed, outside the shower, and wielding the knife. Figure that one out! It besides climaxes in a nice chip of pre-Argento glass-shattering that actually seems strong for a 1965 motion picture aimed at adolescents."
- Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital
"It's a hokey version of Rear Window [1954], consummate with all of Castle's usual parlor tricks. This is i terror tale that is strangely withal suitable for all ages. Lots of fun."
- Christopher Null, world wide web.filmcritic.com
"A few chilling moments, only it all depends on your susceptibility."
- David Pirie, TimeOut Moving-picture show Guide
"Tense, gimmick-free Castle shocker..."
- Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide
Yea or Nay (I Saw What You lot Did) - CRITIC REVIEWS OF "I SAW WHAT You DID"
"Arriving in a splash of fanfare, with a cast headed past Joan Crawford, I Saw What You Did is a generally broad and belabored expansion of a swell idea...Tightened, minus about half an hour and with the entire story held to the impressionable viewpoint of the youngsters, the first picture would take brightened and chilled considerably more. Unfortunately, William Castle, the manager-producer, dawdles the tempo. And in that location is a redundant middle chapter involving the aroused, snarling killer...The youngsters, Andi Garrett, Sarah Lane and a perky little toddler named Sharyl Locke, are altogether delightful." - Howard Thompson, The New York Times "Though the plot is thin, the pic offers a spooky atmosphere and the performances are effective" Television receiver Guide "...pretty mild stuff by Castle standards, coming off such outrageous horror fests as The Tingler [1959] and Homicidal [1961], but the results are still smashing fun and unmistakably display the touch of the main...The shower sequence is i of the more amusing Psycho [1960] imitations; in this case, the victim is fully dressed, outside the shower, and wielding the pocketknife. Figure that one out! It also climaxes in a dainty bit of pre-Argento glass-shattering that really seems potent for a 1965 flick aimed at adolescents." - Nathaniel Thompson, Mondo Digital "It's a hokey version of Rear Window [1954], consummate with all of Castle's usual parlor tricks. This is one terror tale that is strangely yet suitable for all ages. Lots of fun." - Christopher Null, www.filmcritic.com "A few chilling moments, but it all depends on your susceptibility." - David Pirie, TimeOut Film Guide "Tense, gimmick-free Castle shocker..." - Leonard Maltin's Picture Guide
I Saw What You Did (1965) - I Saw What Yous Did
Later her late life comeback in Robert Aldrich'south What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Joan Crawford was something of a hot commodity once again. Pushing sixty, she would never regain her former A-list distance but she enjoyed proper noun recognition with a new generation of moviegoers and that name retained a degree of star wattage. As had her Babe Jane costar Bette Davis, Crawford had entered the "horror hag" phase of her career. (She reteamed with Davis for Aldrich's Southern Gothic follow-up, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte [1964], but quit the product shortly after the start of principal photography.) When she agreed to take the pb role in William Castle's Strait-Jacket (1964), equally an unstable woman piecing her life together after a stay in a mental hospital (to which she had been committed for murdering her husband and his lover with an axe), Crawford had a roster of weather - and number i was "no gimmicks." A journeyman managing director who honed his craft cranking out second features for Columbia'southward "B-hive," Castle had branded himself with a succession of promotional stunts: an insurance policy offered to those who might die of fear during Macabre (1958), a prop skeleton ("Emergo") flown over the heads of audiences watching House on Haunted Hill (1959) and "Percepto," an electronic cablegram that jolted the punters in their seats while viewing The Tingler (1959). Crawford and her handlers felt that this blazon of stunt was beneath her nobility and The Rex of the Gimmick agreed to take the high route... although he later gave away "bloodstained" paper-thin axes at select theaters.
Strait-Jacket's boffo box function brought Castle and Crawford dorsum together a year later for I Saw What Yous Did (1965). Based on mystery writer Ursula Curtiss' 1963 novel Out of the Dark, the film is a prescient and forward-looking circuit into the horror subcategory of teen terror. Although the body count here is exceedingly small (no contemporary cinematic UnSub would dare call it a night subsequently only two kills), it's not hard to discern the blueprint for such classics of the "slasher" cycle as Bob Clark'due south Black Christmas (1974), John Carpenter'southward Halloween (1978), Fred Walton'southward When a Stranger Calls (1979) and Wes Craven'south Scream (1996) in this tale of high school-aged prank callers who casualty on the wrong guy. (The pic's precredit scene, a telephone conversation between juvenile leads Andi Garrett and Sara Lane, looks as though it were shot through the eyeholes of Michael Myers' Halloween mask.)
Joan Crawford worked only 4 days on I Saw What Y'all Did and was paid $50,000, plus a percentage of the profits. Besides the favorable deal terms, she accustomed the part because it kept her in the public center and was ameliorate than most of the scripts she was beingness offered.
During the filming of I Saw What Y'all Did Crawford took nips from her e'er present flask of vodka during breaks and it obviously shows in her performance in certain scenes. Andi Garrett, who plays Libby in the flick, was completely intimidated by her scene with Joan and was genuinely terrified when the older extra attacked her, pulling her pilus and dragging her to the car in their big dramatic scene.
When an interviewer asked Joan why she was making I Saw What You Did, she replied, "Because I remember the motion-picture show will accept a terrific identity with parents and audiences." George Cukor, who had known Joan for years and directed her in numerous films at MGM, later said, "Of class she rationalized what she did. Joan even lied to herself. She would write to me about these pictures, actually believing that they were quality scripts. You could never tell her they were garbage. She was a star, and this was her next picture. She had to keep working, every bit did Bette [Davis]. The two of them spawned a regrettable bike in move pictures."
Teens in peril were not unknown to genre filmmaking in 1965 but with few exceptions underage characters were slotted more reliably into the less punishing realm of science fiction: The Giant Claw (1957), The Blob (1958), The Giant Gila Monster (1959) and Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). A decade later, moviemakers faced much less critical resistance and public backlash for killing off teenagers but in 1965 Castle was probably wise to play it safe. Nonetheless, his depiction of the typical American suburb as a hotbed of roiling psychosexual restlessness, voyeurism, blackmail and homicide concealed behind a scrim of evergreen Americana (cinematographer Joseph Biroc shot Frank Capra'due south It's a Wonderful Life [1946]) argues for I Saw What You lot Did's significance every bit a linchpin between Peyton Place and Twin Peaks.
Producer: William Castle
Director: William Castle
Screenplay: William P. McGivern; Ursula Curtiss (novel)
Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc
Music: Van Alexander
Film Editing: Edwin H. Bryant
Cast: Joan Crawford (Amy Nelson), John Ireland (Steve Marak), Leif Erickson (Dave Mannering), Sarah Lane (Kit Austin), Andi Garrett (Libby Mannering), Sharyl Locke (Tess Mannering), Patricia Breslin (Ellie Mannering), John Archer (John Austin), John Crawford (Trooper), Joyce Meadows (Judith Marak), Douglas Evans (Tom Ward), Barbara Wilkin (Mary Ward).
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I Saw What Yous Did (1965) - I Saw What You Did
Later her belatedly life comeback in Robert Aldrich'due south What Always Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Joan Crawford was something of a hot article once more. Pushing lx, she would never regain her former A-list altitude simply she enjoyed name recognition with a new generation of moviegoers and that name retained a degree of star wattage. Every bit had her Babe Jane costar Bette Davis, Crawford had entered the "horror hag" phase of her career. (She reteamed with Davis for Aldrich's Southern Gothic follow-up, Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte [1964], but quit the production before long after the commencement of principal photography.) When she agreed to accept the lead role in William Castle's Strait-Jacket (1964), every bit an unstable woman piecing her life together after a stay in a mental hospital (to which she had been committed for murdering her husband and his lover with an axe), Crawford had a roster of conditions - and number ane was "no gimmicks." A journeyman manager who honed his arts and crafts cranking out 2nd features for Columbia's "B-hive," Castle had branded himself with a succession of promotional stunts: an insurance policy offered to those who might dice of fright during Macabre (1958), a prop skeleton ("Emergo") flown over the heads of audiences watching House on Haunted Colina (1959) and "Percepto," an electronic buzzer that jolted the punters in their seats while viewing The Tingler (1959). Crawford and her handlers felt that this type of stunt was beneath her dignity and The Male monarch of the Gimmick agreed to accept the high route... although he later gave abroad "bloodstained" cardboard axes at select theaters. Strait-Jacket'south boffo box office brought Castle and Crawford back together a yr later on for I Saw What You Did (1965). Based on mystery writer Ursula Curtiss' 1963 novel Out of the Dark, the film is a prescient and forward-looking excursion into the horror subcategory of teen terror. Although the body count here is exceedingly pocket-size (no contemporary cinematic UnSub would dare call it a night after only two kills), it's not difficult to discern the pattern for such classics of the "slasher" cycle equally Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), Fred Walton's When a Stranger Calls (1979) and Wes Chicken's Scream (1996) in this tale of high school-aged prank callers who prey on the incorrect guy. (The film'south precredit scene, a telephone conversation between juvenile leads Andi Garrett and Sara Lane, looks as though it were shot through the eyeholes of Michael Myers' Halloween mask.) Joan Crawford worked merely four days on I Saw What You Did and was paid $50,000, plus a percentage of the profits. Also the favorable deal terms, she accepted the part because it kept her in the public eye and was better than almost of the scripts she was existence offered. During the filming of I Saw What You Did Crawford took nips from her ever present flask of vodka during breaks and it obviously shows in her performance in certain scenes. Andi Garrett, who plays Libby in the film, was completely intimidated by her scene with Joan and was genuinely terrified when the older extra attacked her, pulling her hair and dragging her to the motorcar in their large dramatic scene. When an interviewer asked Joan why she was making I Saw What Yous Did, she replied, "Because I think the moving picture volition have a terrific identity with parents and audiences." George Cukor, who had known Joan for years and directed her in numerous films at MGM, later said, "Of form she rationalized what she did. Joan fifty-fifty lied to herself. She would write to me well-nigh these pictures, actually believing that they were quality scripts. You could never tell her they were garbage. She was a star, and this was her side by side pic. She had to keep working, as did Bette [Davis]. The ii of them spawned a regrettable wheel in motion pictures." Teens in peril were not unknown to genre filmmaking in 1965 simply with few exceptions underage characters were slotted more reliably into the less punishing realm of science fiction: The Giant Claw (1957), The Blob (1958), The Giant Gila Monster (1959) and Teenagers from Outer Space (1959). A decade later on, moviemakers faced much less critical resistance and public backlash for killing off teenagers just in 1965 Castle was probably wise to play information technology condom. Nonetheless, his depiction of the typical American suburb as a hotbed of roiling psychosexual restlessness, voyeurism, blackmail and homicide concealed backside a scrim of evergreen Americana (cinematographer Joseph Biroc shot Frank Capra's Information technology'due south a Wonderful Life [1946]) argues for I Saw What You Did's significance every bit a linchpin between Peyton Place and Twin Peaks. Producer: William Castle Manager: William Castle Screenplay: William P. McGivern; Ursula Curtiss (novel) Cinematography: Joseph F. Biroc Music: Van Alexander Film Editing: Edwin H. Bryant Cast: Joan Crawford (Amy Nelson), John Ireland (Steve Marak), Leif Erickson (Dave Mannering), Sarah Lane (Kit Austin), Andi Garrett (Libby Mannering), Sharyl Locke (Tess Mannering), Patricia Breslin (Ellie Mannering), John Archer (John Austin), John Crawford (Trooper), Joyce Meadows (Judith Marak), Douglas Evans (Tom Ward), Barbara Wilkin (Mary Ward). BW-82m. by Richard Harland Smith
Quote It (I Saw What You Did) - QUOTES FROM "I SAW WHAT YOU DID"
Kit: Tess, don't you go lonely out here?
Libby: Funny. I never used to exist. Until I grew upwardly this was but all there was. You know, pets and bicycles and a sandwich and a glass of milk later school. But I was never lonely.
Kit: And now? Libby: Well, now it seems like everything I desire is someplace else.
Kit: I'd be so lonely out here I'd be scared to death.
Tess (to Kit): Nosotros do it all the time. We call people for fun.
Libby: Yep, we do information technology all the time. Wait till yous hear what they say.
Tess (easily Kit the phone book): Hither y'all become Kit. Shut your eyes and pick a proper noun. Any name.
Judith (to Steve): Yous ape. You lot belong in a cage. And yous want to know why I'one thousand leaving y'all? You're non jealous. You lot're not that normal. You're INSANE.
Amy (to Steve): Don't permit this hurt you. She's not worth it. Yous married a kittenish, empty headed little tramp. But now we can brand something wonderful together.
Amy (to Steve): You know it'due south kinda nice being neighbors. I can cheque up on you.
Libby: Is this John Hamburger?
John: Yes, information technology is.
Libby: That'southward fine. Would you transport over 6 with pickle and onion?
John: Go lost, nuisanceburger.
Amy (to Steve): C'mon on. Sit down downward. I'chiliad gonna take care of yous whether you like it or not. C'mon on. Take your shoes off. I'yard giving the orders now. I know what y'all demand but showtime I'm gonna give you lot a nice, stiff drink. I'm gonna have i too!
Amy (to Steve): I'll show you lot what it means to be taken intendance of.
Amy: Who is Suzette?
Steve: Go off my back. Give me room to breathe. Y'all don't own me yet.
Kit: Didn't he sound heady?
Libby: Yeah, and sexy.
Kit: Well, whyja hang up so?
Libby: Oh I tin can't see him Kit. You know that. What'south the employ?
Amy: I met your niggling business bargain Steve. Suzette.
Steve: What did she tell you?
Amy: She lied of class. Another childish empty headed little tramp. Your taste is sickening. She even lied about her proper noun.
Steve (to Amy): You desire to crevice a whip? Get a domestic dog.
Amy (to Steve): It'south a simple option Steve. Life with me or no life at all.
Quote Information technology (I Saw What Y'all Did) - QUOTES FROM "I SAW WHAT YOU DID"
Kit: Tess, don't y'all get lonely out here? Libby: Funny. I never used to be. Until I grew up this was only all there was. You know, pets and bicycles and a sandwich and a glass of milk after schoolhouse. But I was never lonely. Kit: And at present? Libby: Well, now it seems like everything I want is someplace else. Kit: I'd be then alone out hither I'd be scared to death. Tess (to Kit): We do information technology all the time. We call people for fun. Libby: Yeah, we do it all the fourth dimension. Wait till you hear what they say. Tess (hands Kit the telephone book): Here you go Kit. Close your eyes and pick a name. Any name. Judith (to Steve): You ape. You belong in a cage. And you desire to know why I'one thousand leaving you? You're not jealous. You lot're not that normal. Y'all're INSANE. Amy (to Steve): Don't permit this hurt you. She's non worth it. Y'all married a childish, empty headed little tramp. But at present we tin can make something wonderful together. Amy (to Steve): You know it's kinda squeamish beingness neighbors. I tin can cheque upwards on you. Libby: Is this John Hamburger? John: Yes, it is. Libby: That'south fine. Would you send over six with pickle and onion? John: Get lost, nuisanceburger. Amy (to Steve): C'mon on. Sit down. I'yard gonna accept intendance of you whether you similar it or non. C'mon on. Take your shoes off. I'm giving the orders now. I know what you need only get-go I'm gonna give yous a overnice, stiff drinkable. I'one thousand gonna have i also! Amy (to Steve): I'll show you what it means to be taken care of. Amy: Who is Suzette? Steve: Go off my back. Give me room to exhale. You don't own me notwithstanding. Kit: Didn't he sound exciting? Libby: Yeah, and sexy. Kit: Well, whyja hang upwards then? Libby: Oh I can't run across him Kit. You know that. What's the use? Amy: I met your piddling business organisation deal Steve. Suzette. Steve: What did she tell you? Amy: She lied of course. Another childish empty headed fiddling tramp. Your sense of taste is sickening. She even lied about her proper noun. Steve (to Amy): You want to crack a whip? Get a dog. Amy (to Steve): It's a unproblematic choice Steve. Life with me or no life at all.
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I know who y'all are and I saw what y'all did.- Libby
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Released in United States 1965
Released in United states of america 1965
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