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- The obscure title comes from Peters' character's birth sign, which is supposed to be a sign of trouble. Despite some good performances, THE SIGN OF THE RAM suffers from weak scripting and lackluster direction and never really gets off the ground. Thus, it ends up a routine, below-average soaper.
www.tvguide.com/movies/the-sign-of-the-ram/review/2030284366/The Sign of the Ram - Movie Reviews and Movie Ratings - TV Guide
Jul 23, 2020 · THE SIGN OF THE RAM, Susan Peters, Phyllis Thaxter, 1948 (via mubi.com) Peters delivers an absolutely gutsy performance in the role. She had turned down numerous parts that she deemed too saccharine or too imbued with a bid for pity.
The Sign of the Ram is a 1948 American film noir directed by John Sturges and screenplay by Charles Bennett, based on a novel written by Margaret Ferguson. The drama features Susan Peters, Alexander Knox and Phyllis Thaxter. [1] It also featured Ron Randell. [2]
Jul 5, 2020 · John Sturges directed the relentlessly grim drama, The Sign of the Ram, written by Charles Bennett, based on Margaret Ferguson’s 1945 novel. The chilly novel, about a poet in wheelchair, was considered a good comeback vehicle for Susan Peters.
The Sign of the Ram: Directed by John Sturges. With Susan Peters, Alexander Knox, Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner. A jealous, manipulative stepmother confined to a wheelchair interferes with her stepchildren's romances so that they will not get married and leave home.
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- Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
- John Sturges
- 1948-03-03
The wheelchair-bound matriarch of an English family uses her handicap to cynically manipulate all those around her. She coldly destroys a daughter’s relationship with a man she truly loves, and her machinations almost drive the son’s fiance to suicide.
Review by AntoniusBlock7 ★★ A wicked stepmother story set in a mansion on the cliffs of Cornwall, and starring Susan Peters in her only film appearance after being tragically paralyzed three years earlier, at just 23.
The Sign of the Ram is directed by John Sturges and adapted to screenplay from Margaret Ferguson's novel. It stars Susan Peters, Alexandev Knox, Phyllis Thaxter, Peggy Ann Garner, Ron Randell, Dame May Witty and Allene Roberts.
