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''Shadow on the Wall'' is a 1950 psychological thriller film starring Ann Sothern, Zachary Scott, Gigi Perreau and Nancy Davis. It is based on the novel ''Death in the Doll's House'' by Lawrence P. Bachmann and Hannah Lees.〔.〕 After a couple of small roles in MGM films, this was the first substantial featured role in a movie for Davis, who was destined later to become First Lady of the United States Nancy Reagan. ==Plot== Child Susan Starrling (Gigi Perreau) is the sole witness to a killing, but the shock causes her to suffer amnesia about the event. Her father David (Zachary Scott) is convicted of first degree murder of his wife. However, psychiatrist Caroline Cranford (Nancy Davis) is convinced she can cure the young girl and begins to suspect that another person is guilty. That person is Dell Faring (Ann Sothern), who became incensed after brother-in-law David discovered that while he was away serving his country, wife Celia (Kristine Miller) was having an affair with Dell's fiance, Crane Weymouth. A resentment already existed between the sisters because Dell felt this was not the first time Celia had selfishly taken something from her. Celia knocked David unconscious during a quarrel over her infidelity. Dell then arrived, picked up a gun David brought home from the war and killed her sister with it. With no memory of what happened, David can only assume he was the one who shot Celia, so he accepts the jury's verdict and the judge's sentence that he be put to death. Everyone is unaware that the little girl saw stepmother Celia be shot. But she has repressed all memory of it, Susan remembering nothing but a shadow on the wall. A distraught Dell, realizing that Dr. Cranford is trying to restore the girl's memory, begins desperate attempts to murder the child. When she fails, she adopts Susan instead, to David's delight, until a shadow similar to the murder scene's gives her away. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Shadow on the Wall (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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