The Upturned Glass

The Upturned Glass

A Powerful NEW Drama of a Mad Love!

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Release Date

6/17/1947

Runtime

86 mins

Overview

A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

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Revenue

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A coolly methodical descent into obsession and retribution, where a man's suspicions about his lover's death become an all-consuming vendetta. It's a portrait of how grief can curdle into something far more dangerous.

Mood

TenseBleakParanoid

Themes

ObsessionRevengeGriefBetrayal

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistHigh-contrastNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

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The Upturned Glass (1947) directed by Lawrence Huntington | FirstCinema