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Two separate episodes that have in common the door that separates good from evil.Two separate episodes that have in common the door that separates good from evil.Two separate episodes that have in common the door that separates good from evil.
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- TriviaThis film was planned to incorporate three self-contained stories. The third part, based on the short story "If I Should Die Before I Wake", was excised because the first two stories already constituted a feature-length film, and the production company did not feel an audience would be willing to see a film longer than 120 minutes. It was released as the stand-alone feature If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952).
- GoofsIn the first story, "Somebody's on the Phone", Luisa jumps from her bedroom window. When her brother looks out of the window, he looks down. But the vantage point of the camera (and the viewer) is from the right of the her bedroom, several windows away. This difference is quite jarring, making it look like she vaulted out and across the small plaza below when she jumped.
- ConnectionsFollows If I Should Die Before I Wake (1952)
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Cornell Woolrich Stories
In this two-story movie derived from a couple of Cornell Woolrich stories, director Carlos Hugo Christiansen offers the audience tales of suspense. In "Somebody on the Phone", Ángel Magaña is in charge while his parents are taking a holiday abroad. His sister, Renée Dumas, has been hanging out at unsavory joints with strange men. He discovers she has drawn out all the money in the bank account and is receiving phone calls from an unknown man who signals his calls by hanging up the phone after it rings five times and then calls back. In "Hummingbird Comes Home", blind Ilde Pirovano has her son return after a long absence. He is now a thief who plans to rob the town's bank.
These being Cornell Woolrich stories, they're mordant and quirky. The lighting by Berlin-born cinematographer Pablo Taberno is gloomy and well into the noir territory, with elaborate set designs by Manuel Villar.
Originally this was planned as a three-part movie. However, the production company didn't want to release anything longer than 85 minutes. So the third story was split off into a separate movie called If I Should Die Before Wake.
These being Cornell Woolrich stories, they're mordant and quirky. The lighting by Berlin-born cinematographer Pablo Taberno is gloomy and well into the noir territory, with elaborate set designs by Manuel Villar.
Originally this was planned as a three-part movie. However, the production company didn't want to release anything longer than 85 minutes. So the third story was split off into a separate movie called If I Should Die Before Wake.
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- Jun 10, 2024
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- No abras nunca esa puerta
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- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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