Vicki (1953)

Vicki is a 1953 American film noir directed by Harry Horner and starring Jeanne Crain and Jean Peters. It was based on the novel I Wake Up Screaming, written by Steve Fisher.

Director – Harry Horner

Writers – Steve Fisher (novel “I Wake Up Screaming”), Dwight Taylor, Leo Townsend (uncredited)

Cast –
Jeanne Crain as Jill Lynn
Jean Peters as Vicki Lynn
Elliott Reid as Steve Christopher
Richard Boone as Lt. Ed Cornell
Max Showalter as Larry Evans (as Casey Adams)
Alexander D’Arcy as Robin Ray (as Alex D’Arcy)
Carl Betz as Detective MacDonald
Aaron Spelling as Harry Williams
John Dehner as Captain J. Donald

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Plot

Vicki Lynn (Jean Peters) is a waitress who is transformed into a fashion model by press agent Steve Christopher (Elliott Reid). When Vicki is murdered, detective Ed Cornell (Richard Boone) tries to blame the crime on Christopher.

In fact, the cop knows who the real killer is, but he is so hopelessly in love with the dead girl Vicki, who herself despised him, that he intends to railroad an innocent man to the electric chair. With the help of Vicki’s sister Jill (Jeanne Crain), Christopher tracks down the real killer, Harry Williams (Aaron Spelling) and exposes the crooked cop Cornell, who had manipulated Williams into murdering Vicki.