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Repeat Performance is a 1947 American film noir (with fantasy elements) starring Louis Hayward and Joan Leslie. The film was released by Eagle-Lion Films, directed by Alfred L. Werker, and produced by Aubrey Schenck . Plot. On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page is standing over her dead husband Barney with a gun in her hand.
With Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Virginia Field, Tom Conway. On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
- (2K)
- Crime, Drama, Fantasy
- Alfred L. Werker
- 1947-09-15
Synopsis. Time stopped in its tracks… when she pulled the trigger! On New Year’s Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated.
- (2,6K)
- Bryan Foy Productions
- Alfred L. Werker
Based on the novel by crime author William O'Farrell, Repeat Performance is a flimsy film noir bolstered by an intriguing conceit. Leslie stars as Sheila Page, an actress who murders her husband just before midnight on New Year's Eve. She's mysteriously transported back in time by one year to relive and possibly alter the events leading up to ...
- Alfred Werker, Robert Stillman
- Louis Hayward
A dashing and earnest Richard Basehart turns his film debut as poet William Williams into one of the film’s most memorable performances. Vivacious Broadway musical star Benay Venuta makes her feature debut in this noir drama as wise-cracking Bess Michaels (Venuta was the popular replacement for Ethel Merman in Cole Porter’s Anything Goes ).
Summaries. On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive 1946 and avoid the mistakes that she made throughout the year. Her wish comes true but cheating fate proves more difficult than she anticipated. Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don't know how or why.
Repeat Performance is directed by Alfred Werker and adapted to screenplay by Walter Bullock from the novel written by William O'Farrell. It stars Louis Hayward, Joan Leslie, Tom Conway, Richard Basehart, Virginia Field and Natalie Schafer. Music is by George Antheil and cinematography by L. William O'Connell.
