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Night Intruder

1938 · 14 min

A taut little parlor-suspense piece that keeps you leaning in, wondering how a calm woman will outwit the stranger in her house.

Directed by: Joseph Henabery
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Floyd Gibbons, Helen Carew, Edith Ketchum

Overview: A middle-aged woman with friends and a sleeping mother upstairs uses her head to protect everyone when she finds out that there is a burglar in her house.

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Directed by: Joseph Henabery
Genres: Drama, Crime
Starring: Floyd Gibbons, Helen Carew, Edith Ketchum

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
deception
family
isolation
Places: home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	3
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: drama, crime
Directed by: Joseph Henabery
Written by: Ira Genet
Starring: Floyd Gibbons, Helen Carew, Edith Ketchum, Jean Whittaker, Helen Cromwell, Harry Bellaver
Cinematography: Ray Foster
Runtime: 14 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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